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.
The Safer Paddling Campaign
Who Do You Call When Your Kayak Sinks?
Christian Nelson didn’t know the trouble he was in. He was three miles out from...
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...
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...
Quick Thinking Saves Kayaker From Deadly Speed Boat Collision
It was shaping up as an unforgettable day even before kayak angler Adam Irino got...
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...
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,...
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...
Boating Safety Still Bedevils Motorboats And Kayaks
I was fishing with my kayak positioned tight to a bridge piling when a guy on a...
Rescue Under the Lights
Safer Paddling BrandStream
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
Chaos Theory
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
Safer Paddling BrandStream
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
Safer Paddling BrandStream
Speaker 1:Â What a beautiful lake! You know what else is beautiful?
Speaker 2:Â What?
Speaker 1: These new jean shorts. I can’t wait to go paddling in them...
The Hard Way Part 5: The Legends of Salty Jefferson — Never Paddle Impaired
Safer Paddling BrandStream
Speaker 1: This is the best day ever! Hailey, Hailey lets go paddling right now!
Speaker 2: Are you sure that’s a good idea?
Speaker 1:...
The Hard Way Part 2: The Legends of Salty Jefferson — The SUP Leash
Safer Paddling BrandStream
Speaker 1:Â I love America, you know. I love my hot dogs. I love my freedoms. I love paddling my SUP without a leash wherever...
