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06/11/2026

Day 2 of action ! Vibes were high at Jake’s for the first ever semi-final sprint. Results are in —> check out our story or head to for more updates.

Let’s goooooo 🔥👑

06/10/2026

T-minus 11 days until summer. Boats are rigged. Gear is packed. We're ready. Are you?

06/10/2026

is back, and we are fired up!

The people are here, the vibes are real, and the river is ready. Are you?

👊 ❤️ 🙌 to the crew behind the scenes making it all happen.

👑 Come find us at Wellington Snow Park —>

06/08/2026

When Monday hits hard, come back swinging.

Paddler - Becky Green

06/08/2026

Rather than pursue the traditional summer internship or job, Reed College students Caroline Menton & Eddie Newsom came up with a better* idea --> Paddle from Astoria, OR, to Lewiston, ID, along the Columbia and Snake River, tracing the migration of the Snake River Summer Chinook Salmon.

"When we sat down and drew out our messy word cloud of things that taught us the most, we realized our best learning never came from cubicles or conference rooms. It came from the water."

With summer break approaching, Reed College seniors Caroline Menton and Eddie Newsom seek to better understand the Snake River summer Chinook salmon, kayaking upstream from Oregon to Idaho.

06/05/2026

Growing up in Lapwai, Idaho, Devin Reuben lives only miles from the rivers that, not so long ago, gave shape to his ancestor’s lives. All spring and summer, cars and trucks laden with rafts and kayaks drive by on their way to float through the majestic canyons of the Snake and Salmon Rivers. Yet as a rez kid, these ancestral waters lay largely out of reach—until now.

Don’t miss hitoláayca (Going Upriver) | Now on YouTube.

Follow Devin's journey to becoming the first Nimipuu whitewater guide of his generation >> [ https://youtu.be/RPRyzATSLdk ]

06/03/2026

"It’s maybe sappy to say that NFC changed our lives, but it sure feels that way."

With the return of North Fork Championship just around the corner, what better time to revisit Izzy Lidsky's piece on the legacy—and future—of Class V kayak races.

First Gore Fest then Feather Fest and now NFC, as more Class V races are canceled, Izzy Lidsky examines the fate of these beloved events.

06/01/2026

“What I liked about rafting is, being on the river. Floating through the rapids, hearing that water. Getting out there. A lot of people like me, don’t get out there.” Devin Reuben // For Nez Perce teen Devin Reuen, learning the lines on the Snake and Salmon Rivers is about much more than a job—it’s an act of cultural reclamation. hitoláayca (Going Upriver) follows Devin as he trains to become the first certified Nimiipuu whitewater guide of his generation, forging a pathway back to his ancestral waters so others can follow. As Devin puts it: “It's one big step for us: not just me, all of us. We're slowly bringing our culture back.” //

Full film available on YouTube June 5th.
—> Support the Pandion Institute's guide school programming: https://www.pandioninstitute.org/

Filmed & directed by: Anna Lueck
Featuring: Devin Reuben
Location: Nimiipuu Homelands / Snake and Salmon Rivers
Advised by: Josiah and Tiyana Blackeagle
With support from: The Redford Center, IF/Then Shorts, Mountainfilm, Pandion Institute, Winding Waters River Expeditions, ROW Adventures, Canyons River Company and NRS.

05/31/2026

You know the old saying, “You can take the raft guide off the river, but you can’t get the river out of the raft guide?”

Decades after hanging up her guide stick, rivers still form a central current through Patrica "Patso" Stow's life. Surfing and river boarding with her sons or kayaking with her husband and her “Posse,” time on the water brings playfulness and challenge to shape Patso’s many facets—mother, wife, paddler, mentor, friend.

Don’t miss Patso: A River Life — a film by Greg Cairns. Now on YouTube

Filmed & directed by Greg Cairns | Featuring: Patso Stow | With support from NRS & ’sPlasticWelding

05/29/2026

You say park, we say huck.

📍Store Ulla, Norway
🏄🏽‍♂️ Laura Hoffberger