SUMMER/FALL 2012
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ANNUAL FEATURES 24 PHOTO ANNUAL
At any given moment, Rapid’s photographers are chasing first descents, big waves and the finest whitewater around the globe. After 12 months on the road, it’s time to kick back and enjoy the year’s best images.
33 RIVER RUNNER
SHOOTOUT Rapid’s river runner shootout test team hits the river in search of a soul mate.
Departments RIVER SIGNALS
6 COMMUNITY: Cover crank, engineered fun and late summer events.
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OFF THE TONGUE: Headlines we’ll never run.
CONTRIBUTORS: Thirty-two percent of the brains behind this issue are made of water.
STANDING WAVES
11 How the iPhone is changing paddling photography; Of Souls + Water: Not what you’d expect from a online paddling film; Hucksters are scouting Niagara Falls.
13 PADDLER PROFILE: On the road with freestyle phenom Haley Mills.
14 RIVER ALCHEMY: The theory of social identification and you.
POUR OVER
16 KAYAK TECHNIQUE: S-Turn Rapid with Nick Troutman.
17 OPEN CANOE TECHNIQUE: Throwing your weight around to get around.
18 BOAT INSIDER: Titan shakes up the playboating world with the Genesis; Blackfly’s short and sweet OC Option.
19 CLASS THREE: Live large at these three five-star whitewater destinations.
21 GEAR BAG: Whitewater- ready camera equipment.
22 RESCUE 411: Climb back into your raft.
FLUSHED 46 Ode to the shuttle rig.
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PHOTO COVER PHOTO: BEN MARR, BLACK MASS, MISTASSIBI / PHOTO BY PATRICK CAMBLIN. // THIS PAGE: SEAN ALLEN, SKOOKUMCHUK, BC / ΠPHOTO BY STEVE ROGERS.
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