Rios Tropicales To Sponsor 2011 World Rafting Championships in Costa Rica
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The International Rafting Federation (IRF) is an assembly of national associations
and organizations with the goal of harmoniously developing, organizing and assuring
rafting s future and that of international competition.
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The International Rafting Federation (IRF) is an assembly of national associations
and organizations with the goal of harmoniously developing, organizing and assuring
rafting s future and that of international competition.
San José, Costa Rica, March 18, 2009 -- Rios Tropicales, ranked the #5 rafting
company in the world by National Geographic Adventure Magazine, has agreed to be
lead sponsor of the 2011 World Rafting Championships, to be held in Costa Rica on
the Rio General.
?As the largest and oldest rafting company in Costa Rica, it makes sense for us to
lead our country?s hosting of the 2011 World Rafting Championships.
? Says Rafael
Gallo, co-founder of Rios Tropicales.
Rios Tropicales has achieved international renown in the rafting world.
Led by
expert paddler Rafael Gallo, who wrote the 1988 classic ?The Rivers of Costa Rica?,
Rios Tropicales has participated in international rafting competitions since they
began as Project RAFT in 1989.
Mr.
Gallo, through Rios Tropicales and its sister
non-profit organization Rios Tropicales Foundation, has long been at the forefront
of efforts to promote rafting, protection of rivers, and international sustainable
adventure development through international competition.
The World Rafting Championships developed out of Project RAFT, an international
competition and bridge-building event which drew 50 international teams from
1989-1993.
In 1998 the International Rafting Federation took over the event,
turning it into the World Rafting Championships.
Races have been held throughout
the world in past years, including the US, Costa Rica, Siberia, South Africa, and
South Korea, among others.
The 2011 World Rafting Championships will take place on
the Rio General, in the San Isidro Valley, Costa Rica, in September of 2011.
The
World Rafting Championship competitions consist of 3 disciplines ? Sprint, Slalom
and Downriver.
The points earned in each discipline are added to determine the
Overall winner and final positions.
Each team has 6 members with the option to have
a reserve.
About The International Rafting Federation
The International Rafting Federation (IRF) is an assembly of national associations
and organizations with the goal of harmoniously developing, organizing and assuring
rafting s future and that of international competition.
About Rios Tropicales
In 2007, and again in 2009, National Geographic ADVENTURE ranked Rios Tropicales
the #1 Rafting Company in Costa Rica, and one of the top 5 Rafting Companies in the
world.
Rios Tropicales was an award winner in the 2008 National Geographic Ashoka
Changemakers Geotourism Challenge and a finalist in the 2008 Conde Naste World
Savers Award.
Established in 1985, Rios Tropicales is the most experienced and
largest rafting adventure company in Costa Rica.
Led by its local founders, Rios
Tropicales has expanded into a complete eco-adventure company offering Costa Rica
vacation packages whitewater rafting, eco-lodge, sea kayaking, jungle kayaking,
hiking, canopy tours, ecotours, wildlife safari, mountain biking, and tree-planting
and sustainable development tours.
Tour locations include the most treasured
natural areas of Costa Rica: Central Costa Rica, La Fortuna, Canas, and Quepos.
http://www.
riostropicales.
com
Contact:
Julie Thorner
Rios Tropicales
San José, Costa Rica
828-488-3420
julie@willowworks.
bz
http://riostropicales.
com
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