Head northwest along the Potomac River about 15 miles from Washington, D.C., and you'll find a world-class whitewater playground. The Great Falls area of this mighty river — steeped in history — has ...

“THE IMPACT WAS HEAVY,” says 23-year-old Montanan kayaker Tyler Bradt of his 80-mile-per-hour entry into the pool at the bottom of eastern Washington's 186-foot Palouse Falls this past April. “I took ...

This week on Paddle Tales, Ken Whiting is heading to the adventure-filled region of Québec that gets its' name from a chain of mountains the runs through it—the Laurentians. Join Ken as he explores ...

A tribute to Roger Paris, a French expat whose paddling influence and teaching legacy is unequaled in the annals of North American whitewater kayaking. Roger Paris could be the most influential figure ...

The crowd is gone. The lush riverbanks of the Waikato River near Taupo, New Zealand, have emptied and all that remains are piles of gear: empty plastic kayaks, paddles and helmets scattered on a rocky ...

For a long time, skiers have battled the question of how to spend their off-season. We can’t all go running to Chile or Mt. Hood every summer to keep our turns going, so we find other ways to ...

Mike Tennant, who is leading me down the Powerhouse stretch of the lower Snoqualmie River, has turned his kayak to face me as he shoots backward down the drop so he can talk me through the rapid. But ...