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• 12 Top Jungle Rivers

Want to swing through the rainforest like George of the Jungle? Want to pick fresh mango from an eddy? If so, unleash your inner Tarzan or Jane by visiting one of our 12 Top Jungle Rivers.

• She'll Be Comin' Down the River
  Creekin' and Cartwheelin' With a New Genderation of Whitewater Kayaker

Next time you see a ponytail sticking out of a helmet, don't assume it's another testosterone-filled male; there's a good chance the person at the controls belongs to a new breed of boater with more Xs than Ys.

• Women to Watch

The Women of Whitewater Kayaking, ones to watch.

• Canoeing for Culture

One of 22 native canoes making the pilgrimage from British Columbia to Tacoma, Washington.

• Hotline Blurbs

• Rowing for Breast Cancer

• Outlaws Oust Outfitters on San Juan

• The Obscure Sport of Canoe Tilting Revisited

• Hopping on the End-Swapping Bandwagon
  by Eugene Buchanan

• Eight Classic Califonia Creeks
  by Mary Thompson

A sampler of a few creeks that have emerged as California classics in their own right.

• Rescue 3's Swiftwater Rescue Course
  by R. Mark Elling

• How to Outfit Your Kayak
  by Jeff Bennett

The necessary ingredients for outfitting your kayak.

• Rendezvous Helps Protect Russell Fork
  by Scott Harding

Virginia's Russell Fork: home to a three-day celebration of the river, its mountains and its people.

• Okefenokee Threatened
  by Gail Krueger

Georgia's Okefenokee: will the refuge's eastern boundary soon be home to a titanium mine?

• Kittatinny Canoes Holds Ninth Annual River Cleanup

• Pics from the Flip Side