Over 37 million participants engaged in paddlesports like kayaking, canoeing and stand-up paddleboarding during the pandemic according to the latest data (2020) from the Outdoor Foundation. This pandemic surge brought an estimated 2.5 million new paddlers to American waterways. However, it increased accidents to 331 and fatalities to a record high 202 – accounting for more than 26% of all boating fatalities that same year.
Water Sports Foundation (WSF) Executive Director Jim Emmons said boating
More than one-third of victims had less than 10 hours experience in paddlesports; experts cited lack of safety training as an important contributing factor
ORLANDO, Fla., April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — A record 37.9 million participants engaged in paddlesports like kayaking, canoeing and stand-up paddleboarding during the pandemic according to the latest data (2020) from the Outdoor Foundation. This pandemic surge brought an estimated 2.5 million new paddlers to American waterways. However, it increased
Accidents like the one that claimed the lives of two Iowa State University Crew Club members Sunday are “pretty rare,” says a spokesperson for the United States Rowing Association, the sport’s national governing body.
“In a non-COVID year, we typically have more than 80,000 individuals and 1,400 organizational members rowing across the country,” the spokesperson, Brett Johnson, told the Ames Tribune via email. Yet since 1976, just six people ages 15-21 have died in fatal
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