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As the sport of paddling grows, more and more clubs are being organized with paddling as their main interest. Some longtime paddlers question the need for such growth or organization, and rightly so, but this is one of the few safe proving grounds available for aspiring paddlers. It is primarily through clubs that paddlers can obtain competent instruction to improve skills and learn safe paddling practices. Also, it is only by organization that our free-flowing rivers are going to be saved for future generations.

Information on safety has been included because of certain hazards involved in the sport. Hopefully the suggestions made will lessen the possibilities of accidents other than normal swampings and dunkings.

Along with these suggestions are rules that will be helpful for the paddler who decides that Labor Day shouldn’t necessarily mean the end of the season. More and more paddlers are venturing forth in the middle of winter to experience a completely different world. The risks increase as the air and water temperatures decrease. A familiarity with certain facts relating to exposure can cut down considerably on these inherent risks.