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11 Tips for Rookie River Guides

11 Tips for Rookie River Guides

Even after guide training is over, practice pulling yourself back into the raft, pulling others back in, and flipping your boat back over. Practice throw-bagging, swimming rapids, and high-siding. On fun...

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11 Tips for Rookie River Guides

Even after guide training is over, practice pulling yourself back into the raft, pulling others back in, and flipping your boat back over. Practice throw-bagging, swimming rapids, and high-siding. On fun...

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River Etiquette blog for river station throw bags and whitewater rafting gear.

River Etiquette

We all rely on each other to stay safe on the river. Sometimes this means setting safety for other groups. Setting safety involves waiting at the bottom of a rapid for the...

River Etiquette

We all rely on each other to stay safe on the river. Sometimes this means setting safety for other groups. Setting safety involves waiting at the bottom of a rapid for the...

Raft Guide Superstitions

Raft Guide Superstitions

“A river seems a magic thing. A magic, moving, living part of the very earth itself. -Laura Gilpin Those of us working on the river every day feel this magic...

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Raft Guide Superstitions

“A river seems a magic thing. A magic, moving, living part of the very earth itself. -Laura Gilpin Those of us working on the river every day feel this magic...

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River Station waist throw bag for whitewater rafting and kayaking.

Should You Have a Waist Throw Bag?

Around 70% of river guides surveyed use a waist throw bag. Those who don’t often cite entanglement concerns. There is always a risk associated with ropes and moving water. However,...

Should You Have a Waist Throw Bag?

Around 70% of river guides surveyed use a waist throw bag. Those who don’t often cite entanglement concerns. There is always a risk associated with ropes and moving water. However,...

5 Ways to get Involved in your Local Whitewater Community

5 Ways to get Involved in your Local Whitewater...

There will almost always be a local Swift-water rescue option where you can learn, hands on, how to throw a throw bag, self-rescue and entrapment rescue, as well as how...

5 Ways to get Involved in your Local Whitewater...

There will almost always be a local Swift-water rescue option where you can learn, hands on, how to throw a throw bag, self-rescue and entrapment rescue, as well as how...

fast throw bags for whitewater safety and rescue.

To Knot or Not

According to Colorado Parks and Wildlife regulations, “every regulated trip carries…a throw bag containing a minimum of fifty feet of rope.” Throw bags are required safety equipment for commercial whitewater rafting. However,...

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To Knot or Not

According to Colorado Parks and Wildlife regulations, “every regulated trip carries…a throw bag containing a minimum of fifty feet of rope.” Throw bags are required safety equipment for commercial whitewater rafting. However,...

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