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Manfred Vogt

Mike Jones

Tony Estanguet racing, @Pavel RyclTony Estanguet, @Pavel Rycl

Tony Estanguet

Tony Estanguet is three-time European champion, three-time world champion and three-time Olympic champion.
The French Trio near end of their traverse from Green River, Wyoming to Lees Ferry.The Otis Marston Colorado River Collection, Huntington Library

Genevieve and Bernard de Colmont and Antoine de Seynes

The French Trio brought the latest technology of whitewater kayaking to America in 1938, while becoming the first to take kayaks down the mighty Green and Colorado rivers.

Holger Machatschek

Have you ever wondered where large cockpits, bulkhead footrests, the throw bag, and life jackets came from? No other has influenced the "Alpine whitewater sport" more than Holger Machatschek, for several decades.
Dave Manby filming at the Orinocco, 1977

Dave Manby

As an Advocate, Dave Manby has spent fifty years at the center of the international river running scene, inspiring others to paddle rivers around the world.

Herbert Rittlinger

Herbert was an explorer, pioneer and advocate for whitewater as well as paddlesports in general.

Gisela Grothaus-Steigerwald

Gisela's six wildwater world medals makes her the most successful female whitewater kayaker in German history. 

Tony Prijon, Sr.

Tony’s touch as a designer has impacted more than 45 years of the world of whitewater as few others have. Given his and the sport’s focus on competition, much of the efforts of his company revolved around slalom and wildwater.

Gilles Zok

Gilles Zok dominated wildwater canoeing through most of the 1980’s and was often described as “a monster to which was grafted a canoe and a paddle.”