The Safer Paddling Campaign

As a United Stated Coast Guard nonprofit grant recipient, the Water Sports Sports Foundation produces paddling safety outreach materials and distributes them through boating and paddling media providers. Paddlesports currently has an inordinately high rate of accidents and deaths that for the past five years has been increasing, while power boating stats have been decreasing during the same period. The goal is to create heightened public awareness of safer paddling making paddlesports safer and to ultimately reduce the total number of paddlesports related deaths annually.

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Kayaker Engages Dad-mode to Save Young Boy From Drowning

Kayak angler David “D.J.” Jones Jr. nearly broke the internet when he posted this video...
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Kayaker Engages Dad-mode to Save Young Boy From Drowning

Kayak angler David “D.J.” Jones Jr. nearly broke the internet when he posted this video...
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Striper Madness Nearly Turns Deadly For Kayak Angler

Ambrose Salmini was going through a rough patch in April 2022 and like many of...

Who Do You Call When Your Kayak Sinks?

Christian Nelson didn’t know the trouble he was in. He was three miles out from...

Paddler Risks All To Save Kayaker From Freezing Lake

Anyone who has helped a fellow paddler recover from a swim in deep water knows...

Top 10 Tips For Paddling Safety

How To Size A Lifejacket 1 Wear a life jacket Everyone, even strong swimmers, needs to...
00:04:09

Striper Madness Nearly Turns Deadly For Kayak Angler

Ambrose Salmini was going through a rough patch in April 2022 and like many of us he...

Who Do You Call When Your Kayak Sinks?

Christian Nelson didn’t know the trouble he was in. He was three miles out from Gulf Shores...

Paddler Risks All To Save Kayaker From Freezing Lake

Anyone who has helped a fellow paddler recover from a swim in deep water knows how difficult...

Top 10 Tips For Paddling Safety

How To Size A Lifejacket 1 Wear a life jacket Everyone, even strong swimmers, needs to wear a...
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A Kayaking Lesson To Live By: Miracle On Chesapeake Bay

Sean Danielson is a lucky man. After nearly three hours in the frigid waters of Chesapeake Bay,...
Safer Paddling Campaign

Quick Thinking Saves Kayaker From Deadly Speed Boat Collision

It was shaping up as an unforgettable day even before kayak angler Adam Irino got steamrolled by a speed boat and caught the biggest...

Boating Safety Still Bedevils Motorboats And Kayaks

I was fishing with my kayak positioned tight to a bridge piling when a guy on a Jet Ski, swerving in and out of...

Rescue Under the Lights

Nothing works up a redfish’s appetite quite like a full moon, so when Jack Motley and his kayak-fishing buddy Greg Ammon heard about the...

Why It Is Important To Practice Flipping Your Fishing Kayak

My eyes opened wide when I read that 59 percent of Kayak Angler readers have never fallen out of their boats. I find this...

The Hard Way Part 4: The Legends of Salty Jefferson — Check The Forecast

Speaker 1: Are you sure it’s still okay to go paddling today? Maybe we should check the forecast. Speaker 2: No… it’s all fake news...

The Hard Way Part 3: The Legends of Salty Jefferson — Dress For Immersion

Speaker 1: What a beautiful lake! You know what else is beautiful? Speaker 2: What? Speaker 1: These new jean shorts. I can’t wait to go paddling in them...