INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE
We are all in the same boat: Nikita Juravlev and the passion for rafting

We are all in the same boat: Nikita Juravlev and the passion for rafting

The passion that river people share leads to an incredible intercultural understanding. Rafting guides, technicians and athletes, with the support of the World Rafting Federation, learn to cooperate and look forward, with the aim to transform the differences into strength and a starting point for a positive and productive confrontation. Rafting as a team sport is a perfect platform to increase a global cooperation and raise awareness about its benefits.

We grow together: Nicole Plagemann paddling in a mix team

We grow together: Nicole Plagemann paddling in a mix team

The World Rafting Federation introduced the mix teams format to promote gender equality, through the dynamic and strategic RX discipline: 2 women and 2 men choose their position on the raft depending on the specific abilities of the team; rafting requires collaboration in decision making, therefore the athletes improve the consciousness of the peculiar strength and techniques of every teammate, giving birth to a new dimension of balance.

We grow together: Nicole Plagemann paddling in a mix team

We grow together: Nicole Plagemann paddling in a mix team

The World Rafting Federation introduced the mix teams format to promote gender equality, through the dynamic and strategic RX discipline: 2 women and 2 men choose their position on the raft depending on the specific abilities of the team; rafting requires collaboration in decision making, therefore the athletes improve the consciousness of the peculiar strength and techniques of every teammate, giving birth to a new dimension of balance.

Always moving forward: Para-Rafting for Massimiliano Giandinoto

Always moving forward: Para-Rafting for Massimiliano Giandinoto

Rafting as a team sport is a tool for social inclusion. Para-Rafting teams display the combination of 2 normo and 2 para athletes: they chose the positions on the raft depending on the complementary abilities of every teammate who therefore discovers her/his potential and improves the strenghts. When we are on the same boat we break boundaries, we build bridges and we paddle under them in search of adventure.