Tag: kayaking
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8 whitewater parks around Colorado
Drop into many of Colorado’s riverside towns and you won’t need to go far to find the culture of play. Increasingly over the years, towns have built and expanded central meeting places for enthusiastic kayakers, tubers and stand-up paddleboarders: whitewater parks of rock-made waves, drops and rapids. Whether you partake or spectate, here are eight…
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This summer’s packed lineup of Colorado whitewater festivals means you can spend most weekends on the river
For a landlocked state, Colorado certainly isn’t short on water to play in. As snowmelt runs down the mountains in spring and summer, paddlers take to our abundant rivers to kayak, raft, stand-up paddleboard, tube and more. It’s not all just for fun, though. A stacked lineup of whitewater festivals offers plenty of competitions for…
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No offseason for these Colorado Springs kayakers: Winter key for skills, camaraderie
It was a strange sight on what was a record cold day in Colorado Springs: close to 20 people unloading kayaks from their Suburus and trucks. “We wanna get in the water!” remarked Kurt Schroeder. No, the water was not out in the frigid cold. Nonetheless, here in the dead of winter, Schroeder and fellow…