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Home » Water » Flip Off a Waterfall: Whitewater Awards Downriver Freestyle Winners Reel
The best of the best whitewater kayakers from around the globe submit video clips each year for a variety of competition categories in the Whitewater Awards. For the 2021 Whitewater Awards, the most progression was found in the Downriver Freestyle category.
With all the half-slice boats coming out, more and more really good paddlers have been throwing tricks off tougher and tougher rapids. Instead of park and playing in a traditional playboat, these paddlers are playing with every feature on the river, especially the hangtime provided sending waterfalls.