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Spring 2012

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Upper Class: 16 ways to take your boating to the next level; New Worlds Order: How the new kids will win the next freestyle world championships; Finding Freedom: Four days of raft support on Utah’s Green River, Gates of Lodore. See Full Contents
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: New Zealand on the Cheap: 12 rivers, 12 months, $2000 (airfare not included); Plastic Surgery: Boatox repairs you can do at home; Dirty Dozen: The 12 hardest runs in the northeast. See Full Contents
RPv13i2
Early Summer 2011

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Features: To Hell and Back: Maxi Kniewasser returns to the mighty Stikine
; Freestyles Toughest Moves: Pro kayakers break down the moves that win;
Weird Science: How boat designers build the perfect playboat. See Full Contents
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Summer/Fall 2011

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Features: Shoot Rapids: 69 Ways to Take Better River Photos; Whitewater Photo Annual: Whitewater’s Greatest Lensemen; Shoot Like the Pros. See Full Contents
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Buyer's Guide - Annual 2012

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Features: 156 pages of the 350+ Hottest Canoe, Kayaks, Paddleboards and Gear; Includes: Whitewater, Touring Kayaks, Canoeing, SUP, Recreational Kayaks. See Full Contents
12i1Spring 2010


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: Best Whitewater Towns: 50 places to live and paddle; Overnights Made Easy: Kayaks, gear and great weekend trips near you; Himalayan Hijinks: Hard rapids, soft beds. See Full Contents
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Early Summer 2010


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: Creeking Starter Kit: Essential skills, gear, and wicked creeks from coast to coast you can paddle right now; Play Parks: More Paddlers, Less Soul, where the notion of whitewater on-demand came from and where it’s boldly headed. See Full Contents
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Summer/Fall 2010

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: Take Out Alive: How to survive pins, holes, undercuts and a 100-foot broken back… Ouch; Naked! 12 ways to dress up your open canoe; Go Guided: Outfitters and everyday boaters share secrets of what it’s really like to go guided. See Full Contents
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Spring 2009


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: Paradise Lost: Last Run of B.C.’s best creek; 30 Essential Skills: Paddle, plan, rescue and read the river like an expert; River Running Boat and Gear Guide: Everything you need and nothing you don’t.
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Early Summer 2009

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: Committed to the Core: The wild and crazy world of river love; Fast Times at Whitewater High: Surfing’s not a sport it’s a way of life; Recession River: Rapid’s 100 ways to save money and paddle more. See Full Contents
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Summer/Fall 2009
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: Your Best Year Ever: Surf Bussy, bounce higher, shoot better pics, start your dream job, win the worlds; Is Freestyle Dead: The current state of whitewater freestyle; Freeboating Buyers Guide. See Full Contents
10i1
Spring 2008

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Features: 10th Anniversary Issue: 10 years of whitewater; Classic Lines: A look back at a decade of Rapid lines and letters; Anniversary Shootout Special: 10 years of boat tests and reveiws;  Retro River Signals: The top love letters and hate mail;  Eddy Awards. See Full Contents...
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Early Summer 2008

Features: Rivers Without Boarders; Hellbound and Determined: The last un-run tributary of the Amazon; Expedition Boat Buyers Guide: Seven kayak hulls that huck and haul. See Full Contents...
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 Summer/Fall 2008

Features: Surf Nation: 8 Top kayak surfers and their favourite waves; Whitewater Photo Annual: Rapid’s top pics for 2008. See Full Contents
RPv9i1_250
Spring 2007

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Features:Greatest First Descents: Changing the way we look at rivers; Red Bull Recon: Steve Fisher storms Quebec for the undiscovered. See Full Contents
RPv9i2_250
Early Summer 2007

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Features: History of the Worlds: First 15 years of whitewater freestyle; Freestyle Kayak Buyer’s Guide: Beneficial mutations accumulate, paddle one today. See Full Contents
RPv9i3_250Summer 2007

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Features: 101 Things You Should Know: Paddlers guide to romance, rivers, shuttles, food and fashion; Waiting For The Bus: Low water plus the Ottawa River plus the World Freestyle Championships. See Full Contents
rpv9i4_250Fall 2007

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Features: Kayak Bungee Jumping: The ultimate park and huck; Kayak Technique: Squeeze every drop of fun out of the low flow days; Open Canoe Technique: Working the little currents to make the move. See Full Contents
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Spring 2006

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Features: Tough Creek Boats: Seven fearless creekers that rock; Breakdown: Identify, treat and avoid paddling’s most common injuries; Hard Labour in Siberia: First descents in Siberia’s Altai Mountains. See Full Contents
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Early Summer 2006

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Features: Whitewater’s Top 50: The best boats, tricks, skills and scams celebrating 25 issues; Play Like a Pro: Paddle like a rodeo star, but without the clowns; Kick Your Bad Habits: The worst playboating mistakes and how to avoid them. See Full Contents
rpv8i3Summer 2006

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Features: Road Trip A to Z: Paddle the 26 best whitewater hot spots; Driven: Three drought-stricken Albertans hit the road in search of an oasis. See Full Contents
rpv8i4Fall 2006

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Features: Photo Annual 2006: The best whitewater photos of the year; Damocracy: B.C. Liberals remove local veto power over hydro projects. See Full Contents
rpv7i1Spring 2005

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Features:The Boys are Back in Town: Paddling returns to Jasper; Outfitting: Like the old days, with out the fumes. See Full Contents
rpv7i2Early Summer 2005

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Features: Creeking Cottage Country: Discovering the sweetest secret waterfalls; Paul Danks: He changed freestyle forever, now he’s grooving again. See Full Contents
rpv7i3Summer 2005

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Features: First Descent: Find your own; Freestyle Rides: Best play boats of 2005. See Full Contents
rpv7i4Fall 2005

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Features: Photo Annual 2005: The best whitewater photos of the year; A Mighty Noise: Kayak surfing into the Amazon. See Full Contents
rapv5i1_150Spring 2004

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Features: Girls Turn to Big Tricks: The future of women’s freestyle competition; Creekin’ Stein River: How to bushwack into the North Stein. See Full Contents
rapv5i2_250Early Summer 2004

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Features: Paddle Better Than Ever: Freestyle skills you need to be a star; Quebec’s Secret Whitewater; 45 rivers, first descents, lots of play. See Full Contents
rapv6i3_250Summer 2004

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Features: Freeboat and Freestyle Buyers Guide: The best freestyle and freeboat kayaks for 2004; The Next Frontier: The whitewater wonderland nobody’s ever paddled. See Full Contents
rapv6i4_250Fall 2004

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Features: 2004 Photo Annual: The best paddling photos of 2004; River News: Big cojones, Greyhound Bus Eater rodeo. See Full Contents
rapv5i1_250Spring 2003

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Features: Romancing the Thin Blue Line: Expedition kayaking how to; Pushing Rubber: Life as a raft guide. See Full Contents
rapv5i2_150Early Summer 2003

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Features: The Ultimate Tripping Canoe: How to install big-river outfitting;  Get Smart and Paddle: 12 best university towns; Freeboat Shootout: The best all-river kayaks. See Full Contents
rapv5i3_150Summer 2003

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Features: Ultimate Tripping Canoe: Part 2; Vertical Heros: Young men and gravity; Beating the Blue Funk: Pros tell you how to manage your fear. See Full Contents
rapv5i4_250Fall 2003

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Features: Big Air Shootout: Pros test hottest big-air kayaks in the ultimate showdown; Ultimate Road Trip: House-crashing and steep creeking in Terrace, BC; 10 Best Paddling Bars: The good, the bad and the ugly. See Full Contents
    rapv4i3_150Summer 2002

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Features:
Small Screens, Big Dreams: Making your own paddling videos; Finding Flow: Freeboating the Upper Petawawa; Canoeing the Harricanaw. See Full Contents
rapv4i4_150Fall/Winter  2002

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Features: Ottawa River Wrap-up-Ottawa River Rodeo, Garberator Rodeo, Liquid Skills Showdown
; North American Open Canoe Championships on the Gull River; The Slave River—It really is that big. See Full Contents

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