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Liquid Evolution Adventure Parks Set To Enable Water Sports Nationwide

Trans World Surf

"Their wave generating technology ranges from standing two-foot waves to 150 thousand-square-foot wave pools, producing waves as large as 12-feet high. Additionally, the company can deliver numerous other outdoor water sports including, white water rafting, kayaking, wakeboarding, canyoneering and scuba diving..."

Related Links: Waveyard website, more details here

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Summer getaways: Moab offers variety of happy trails

Kirk Taylor for the Daily Utah Chronicle

"Moab has got to be one of my favorite vacation destinations. This place is incredible for outdoor enthusiasts, and it's simply hard to beat..."

Green Valley Spa offers a zip line to adventure

Ellen Fagg for the Salt Lake Tribune

"Ask the family who founded the place what sets apart Green Valley from other destination spas, and a couple of hours later you might find yourself sitting on the edge of a sandstone cliff, 120 feet in the air, trying to talk yourself into shoving off..."

Seven of Twelve Canyoneers Die in New Zealand

New Zealand is currently in mourning for seven canyoneers from Elim Christian College (high school) who were killed when a flash flood swept their 12-person group down the steep, bouldery Mangatepopo River last Tuesday afternoon (April 15th)...

Extreme Tourists: Canyoning in Chile

A sement from Nightline featuring a trip into the glacier fed canyons of Chiles' Rio Blanco.

Here's the link to Pachamagua the tour operator featured in the clip.

Keyword Links: Rio Blanco slideshow, Llanquihue Province.

Banff film festival hits the road with Radical Reels

From the Grand Junction Free Press...

Held annually each fall from the end of October into early November, the Banff Mountain Film Festival has included the Radical Reels night, which is a special screening of the wildest high-adrenaline films entered in the Banff Mountain Film Festival.

You can find out where the tour is going at the Banff Centre website. This trailer is a sample of some of the films.
 

Seven dead in Mangatepopo Gorge drowning tragedy

TVNZ.co.nz

Outdoor Pursuits Centre Chief Executive Grant Davidson has confirmed the massive wave that caught the school group came shockingly fast.

The river suddenly surged and the group was overtaken, in a gorge-like terrain with very steep sides and few escape points.

 

 

Explore Utah's Zion Park

The author takes a spring trip to Mt. Zion National Park in southern Utah to explore it's canyons.

As the thousands of feet of sedimentary rock were lifted over the millennia, swift streams cut downward, forming the region's famous canyons. The main canyon in Zion, center of park activity and the focus of our visit, was cut by the North Fork of the Virgin River.

This short clip of a section of side canyon and then the main river channel...