The 2019 Class of Honorees joins past inductees as part of whitewater paddling’s rich history. IWHoF is pleased to announce the following four IWHoF Honorees. The 2019 International Whitewater Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony was hosted in Nuremburg, Germany on October 5th during the annual PaddleExpo industry trade show.
Read the full profiles of each of these honorees by clicking on their names.
Joe Puliam
Joe Pulliam’s life has been dedicated to whitewater, beginning with a strong love of rivers and the people he paddled with and guided by what became the whitewater industry.
Hermann and Christa Kerckhoff
Carving out a unique learning program, entrepreneurs and national whitewater champions Hermann and Christa Kerckhoff were pioneers in their field by opening the first commercial whitewater school in the world.
Chris Hawkesworth
Through his decades of camerawork and film-making alone, Chris made a remarkable and pioneering contribution to interest in, and enthusiasm for, whitewater canoeing, kayaking and rafting.