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  • Surfing the Flathead Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 2:13PMBIGFORK – The attraction of stand up paddle boarding, according to its practitioners, derives partly from the way it draws on some of the best elements of other water sports. Like kayaking, it provides a smooth, efficient means of conveyance across the water. Like surfing, it demands attention, balance and core strength. And like canoeing, the long-shafted paddle acts as a simple, elegant tool ...
  • Tough Mudder and 20 Awesome Underground Sports Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 4:43PMWhat do BMX, skateboarding, and street hockey have in common? They're all sports that worked their way from the underground to the mainstream. The X-Games became a showcase for alternative sports that have their roots in backyards and abandoned lots, but there are constantly new sports evolving. If there's a way to make something faster, harder, or more dangerous, people will find a way to do it ...
  • Zimo: Head up Idaho 21 and watch for wildlife Sunday, June 12, 2011 @ 12:24AMSlightly above the sound of the wind rustling meadow grasses along Marsh Creek, right off Idaho 21 northwest of Stanley, you’ll hear faint gurgling sounds.
  • Baños, Ecuador: A Piece of Heaven Sunday, June 5, 2011 @ 10:36AMIf you enjoy a warm, relaxing bath, I know a travel destination that just might appeal to you. Most international visitors to Ecuador are in a hurry to get to either the Galapagos Islands or the Amazon.
  • Race brings paddlers, attention to river Sunday, June 5, 2011 @ 12:10AMIt's not that hard, perhaps, to canoe down a river. If you want a challenge, try poling yourself up it....
  • New Hampshire active in summer marketing Friday, June 3, 2011 @ 1:06AMBARTLETT, N.H. Despite rising gas prices, New Hampshire tourism officials are forecasting an increase in visitors and spending this summer over last year.
  • Baños, Ecuador: A Piece of Heaven Tuesday, May 31, 2011 @ 5:20PMIf you enjoy a warm, relaxing bath, I know a travel destination that just might appeal to you. Most international visitors to Ecuador are in a hurry to get to either the Galapagos Islands or the Amazon.
  • Quick links: Sunday, May 22, 2011 @ 11:24PMArtists for Kids Gallery: 810 West 21st St., North Vancouver. Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., weekends from noon to 4 p.m. Info: 604-903-3798 or www.artists4kidscom.
  • Sports Calendar Friday, May 13, 2011 @ 6:37AMThis list is updated at least weekly. A short version including imminent events appears on Fridays in the sports section. Submit items by e-mail to sports@timesfreepress.com, by fax to 423-668-5049 or by mail to Sports Dept., Chattanooga Times Free Press, 400 E. 11th St., Chattanooga, TN 37403.
  • Tumalo Creek To Host Huge Demo Day Wednesday, May 11, 2011 @ 2:07PMIf next week’s PPP serves as final confirmation that you definitely need a new boat, you might want to get down to Tumalo Creek Kayak  and Canoe the day after the race. The Bend boat specialist is hosting a massive demo day on Sunday, featuring some 150 different models of kayaks and canoes. The event is free and open to the public.   The full press release is below:   Tumalo Creek will have ...
  • Canoeing down the Swannanoa Tuesday, May 10, 2011 @ 11:22PMCall it the Tale of Two Rivers. I accompanied the French Broad Riverkeeper, Hartwell Carson, on a paddling trip down the Swannanoa River one Sunday in March. We put in at River Walk Park, behind Bi-Lo on N.C. Highway 9, and parked our cars at Warren Wilson College.
  • Idaho mayor urges Port Jervis to move forward with whitewater park plan Saturday, May 7, 2011 @ 6:20AMPORT JERVIS – The mayor of Cascade, Idaho, which developed its own whitewater park on the Payette River some two years ago, has advice for Port Jervis, which is exploring development of a similar facility on the Delaware River – “do it.”
  • Sports Calendar Friday, May 6, 2011 @ 5:41AMThis list is updated at least weekly. A short version including imminent events appears on Fridays in the sports section. Submit items by e-mail to sports@timesfreepress.com, by fax to 423-668-5049 or by mail to Sports Dept., Chattanooga Times Free Press, 400 E. 11th St., Chattanooga, TN 37403.
  • Port Jervis to hear proposal for Delaware River whitewater park Friday, May 6, 2011 @ 12:28AMPORT JERVIS, N.Y. -- Dick Carter is his name, whitewater park fun is his game, and he is bringing his game to Port Jervis this weekend. "A whitewater park is a marvelous attraction to any community," Carter said in a phone interview this week.
  • New Hampshire anticipates strong summer tourism season despite rising fuel costs Thursday, May 5, 2011 @ 4:11PMBARTLETT, N.H. - Despite rising gas prices, New Hampshire tourism officials are forecasting an increase in visitors and spending this summer over last year.
  • NH anticipates strong summer tourism season Thursday, May 5, 2011 @ 12:48PMDespite rising gas prices, New Hampshire tourism officials are forecasting an increase in visitors and spending this summer over last year.
  • Blantyre-Asheville French Broad Classique encourages family, tandem canoe racing Thursday, April 21, 2011 @ 4:14PMCompetitors take part in last year's French Broad Classique Canoe and Kayak Race. The race begins Saturday in Blantyre and ends Sunday at Asheville Outdoor Center on the French Broad River.
  • Outdoors calendar Thursday, April 14, 2011 @ 11:29PMNicole Orlovitz, dressed as a thin mint, runs along side a group of kids during the 1-mile Daisy Dash. The Girls Scouts and BB&T hosted the inaugural Thin Mint Sprint 5K and Daisy Dash last Saturday morning at UNC Asheville. For more upcoming footraces, see the WNC Outdoors Calendar.
  • Barrie Minor Baseball Registration Extended: SPORTS BRIEFS Saturday, April 9, 2011 @ 10:26AMREGISTRATION EXTENDED STAFF -- Barrie Minor Baseball has extended their registration to April 15 to fill the remaining divisions and potentially add teams on waiting lists. After April 15, registration will be officially closed.[...]
  • Quick links: Friday, April 8, 2011 @ 3:54PMArtists for Kids Gallery: 810 West 21st St., North Vancouver. Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., weekends from noon to 4 p.m. Info: 604-903-3798 or www.artists4kidscom.
  • International paddling film festival returns Wednesday, March 30, 2011 @ 7:33AMAlgonquin College in the Ottawa Valley presents the 6th Annual Reel Paddling Film Festival at The Landing Pub April, 1st, 2011 at 7 p.m.[...]
  • South East Asia's best kept secret Tuesday, February 15, 2011 @ 6:09PMBALI has long been a popular destination for Aussie travellers, but another South East Asian destination is emerging as a very attractive alternative.
  • Hearts and minds battle over the environmental high ground Friday, February 11, 2011 @ 6:32PMForest & Bird's Debs Martin doesn't want to sound airy-fairy, but sometimes, when she's sitting in a courtroom trying to prevent the destruction of a wild river, she thinks of the eels. And the birds, and the native bats, and the fish.
  • Klondike Derby is a "Watchung Gold Rush" this weekend Thursday, January 27, 2011 @ 8:06AMBLAST FROM THE PAST — Scouts from Troop 368 in Berkeley Heights brandishing their Patrol Flag at a recent Klondike Derby. Aidan King is holding the flag. That year there wasn't a lot of snow. Conditions should be different...
  • photos, videos, forums, blogs, articles Wednesday, January 26, 2011 @ 1:36AMYou will be redirected to the page you want to view in seconds. Buncombe County Schools officials estimate $27 million will have to be cut out of the system's budget for the 2011-12 school year, meaning potential job losses for staff.
  • Outdoors hot line (1/25/11) Tuesday, January 25, 2011 @ 12:52AMNotices and listings of upcoming outdoors events
  • Lawrence back in form Thursday, January 13, 2011 @ 10:10AMHOME-ground motivation has driven Old Bonalbo's Kate Lawrence to a second Canoe Slalom national title at Nymboida.
  • Learn the art of bookmaking Jan. 6 Thursday, January 6, 2011 @ 4:02AMPhyllis Jarvinen of Sylva will demonstrate and teach a mini-workshop on book arts and book binding at the Art League of the Smokies meeting at 6:15 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 6, in the lobby of Swain County Center for the Arts in Bryson City.
  • Ross, Holroyd are both fish out of water Wednesday, January 5, 2011 @ 5:16PMTwo of Montgomery County's finest athletes jumped center Dec. 28 in Bethesda, but Ian Ross and Harry Holroyd are not at their best on the basketball court.
  • Norcross kayaker dies in Tennessee river accident Monday, January 3, 2011 @ 9:01AMNorcross kayaker dies in Tennessee river accident
  • Atlanta kayaker dies in Tennessee river accident Monday, January 3, 2011 @ 8:55AMAtlanta kayaker dies in Tennessee river accident
  • Atlanta kayaker dies in Tennessee river Monday, January 3, 2011 @ 8:37AMAtlanta kayaker dies in Tennessee river
  • Tourism drive gets moving Thursday, December 30, 2010 @ 4:16AMA BLAST from the famous One o'Clock Gun on Edinburgh Castle's ramparts this Ne'erday will kick-start a fun run down the Royal Mile to Holyrood and the launch of to
  • Coincidental divide for pair of adventurers Saturday, December 25, 2010 @ 12:47PMKurt Refsnider knew whatever he was seeing wasn’t supposed to be there. It didn’t seem possible. Because it was red. In an endless landscape of snow, dirt and rock. Refsnider was 180 miles from the nearest village, 300 miles north of the Arctic Circle and 1,700 miles north of Maine, in the middle of Baffin [...]
  • Run-of-river projects rile whitewater kayakers Monday, December 20, 2010 @ 2:47AMFour private run-of-river projects proposed near Harrison Lake would destroy some of the best whitewater kayaking routes in southwestern B.C. and denude the area's wild values, recreation enthusiasts warn.
  • The Canadian Rockies: your tips Monday, November 22, 2010 @ 6:08AMTop tips, recommendations and travel advice from readers for holidays to The Canadian Rockies.
  • Carroll knew capture clock was ticking Wednesday, November 17, 2010 @ 3:37PMOCALA — It was the late 1960s, and Paula Carroll was a poster child for American counterculture but a pariah to her family.
  • The New Zealand Adventure Guide Tuesday, October 12, 2010 @ 5:44PMDitch your Lonely Planet! Put down your Rough Guide. With the publication of ‘The New Zealand Adventure Guide’ you won’t need to scroll through reams of cheap hotels or places to eat, before you finally find your New Zealand adventure.
  • Jasper Man needs double-lung transplant -- Benefit planned September 25th Wednesday, September 15, 2010 @ 9:06AMFor Scott Erickson, every breath is a struggle. He is awaiting a double-lung transplant, but the costs are overwhelming. Friends and family are planning a fundraiser to help with the expenses.
  • Divers rediscover lodge Sunday, September 12, 2010 @ 11:19PMSALEM -- Debbie Fletcher floated on Lake Jocassee in an envelope of icy bubbles rising to the surface from divers exploring the old Attakulla Lodge, owned and run by her family since the late 1800s and now resting on its side 300 feet beneath her on the lake bottom. Fletcher's eyes were o...
  • What next? Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 10:25PMON TRACK, PART 10, THE FINALE: WITH OR WITHOUT THE TRACK Few doubt the track is important to the area's economy, but does it represent our future?