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Whitewater season of 2015 began on the Soca river

Date: 18 June 2015
Spring time has arrived to the Soca valley and there is so much to do! Kayaking, rafting season started on Sunday. Your next whitewater adventure is here in Bovec! All the Soča fun begins again,the Soča River may be navigated from 15 March to 31 October from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Enjoy kayaking, rafting, canyoning
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Whitewater kayaking on Idrija

Date: 01 April 2014
The spring is always very early here in the Soca valley. The whitewater season started with 15 of March, and we have nice water level and warm weather for the last 2-3 weeks. Last weekend we were expecting some rain, and one for our friend, Bojan Rušjan told, if we are lucky, we will have
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How to swimm on whitewater

Date: 23 March 2014
You do not have to be afraid of it, it is possible to swim safely between to rocks of the rivers. It is possible to learn and after a while it is necessary to learn, of course. It is possible to turn back upside up, with a flipped kayak as well, and it is not
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The forward sweep stroke

Date: 29 December 2013
Ones a beginner sit in a whitewater kayak and start to paddle, the boat will allways turn to one direction, but normally never there, where you would like to go! The first problem will be how to turn the kayak. The forward sweep stoke is used for turning the kayak. The sweep stroke is the
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The forward stroke

Date: 27 December 2013
With the forward stroke you can give speed for your kayak. Because the whitewater kayaks are designed to turn easiely and quickly, it is not easy to go straight only with forward strokes, and that couses problem for most of the beginners, their kayak always turn to one directrion, while they practis the forward stroke.
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Cleaning Action on the Soca river

Date: 17 December 2013
On the weekend there was the traditional Cleaning Action in the Soca valley. In the morning of 24 of March we were meeting with kayaks, gloves and plastic bags on the airfield of bovec. After a small briefing we started to clean the Soca river and its bank. More than 70 people was in Bovec
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NEW activity: Whitewater kayak trips with inflatable kayaks

Date: 20 June 2012
Our NEW activity is whitewater kayak tour with inflatable kayaks. This kayak is very friendly to navigate. Once you are sitting on it, you are not closed with the sprayskirt in the kayak. You are just sitting on the top of the kayak and paddle there. But as in whitewater kayaking we always need a connection with
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Kayak adventure in the Sesia valley

Date: 12 June 2012
Last week we jumped to our van and drived to Italy, to the Sesia valley. It is not so far from Milano, next to the Swiss border. It's a whitewater kayaking paradise, but perfect place for biking and hiking as well. The main river is the Sesia, and there are steep side creeks too. We
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After 4 mounth started to rain again!

Date: 07 April 2012
The team of Soca Rider arrived on Wednesday afternoon to Bovec, and with us the expected rain as well. After 4 mounths started to rain again, because there was not series precipitation during the winter in the Soca valley, the snow on Kanin was falling last year. The springs became dry, the waterlevel of Soca
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