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Rafting is also a competitive sport practiced around the world which culminates in a world rafting championship event between the participating nations. The International Rafting Federation , often referred to as the IRF, is the worldwide body which oversees all aspects of the sport.
Timber rafting is a method of transporting felled tree trunks by tying them together to make rafts, which are then drifted or pulled downriver, or across a lake or other body of water. It is arguably, after log driving , the second cheapest means of transporting felled timber .
River drivers in Germany with a crude pike pole the Germans call a rafters' hook (Flößerhaken, as in rafting logs), probably one or two pickaroons and a ring dog for rolling logs over. The contemporary logrolling contest, Birling , is a demonstration of skills originally devised by log drivers.
Ex-Peoria Rivermen tough guy Ryan Reaves learned he is the great-great-great grandson of renowned old west U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves, now a TV series.
The Rivermen, down a goal with 5:35 left, unleashed an attack that produced three goals in 78 seconds from Joe Drapluk, JM Piotrowski and Zach Wilkie to send Peoria to its fifth SPHL President's ...
The Rivermen took a 1-0 lead at 2:18 of the second period when rookie Tristan Trudel curled out of the right circle and into the slot and fired a shot past the glove of goaltender Brent Moran.
The nature of artificial whitewater courses necessitates the need for a drop in the river, and enough water flow to provide hydraulics. When this isn't possible (often in flat low-lying areas), electric pumps are used to lift and re-circulate the water to the top of the course.
Veteran center and former SPHL scoring champion and MVP Alec Baer has signed on for the Peoria Rivermen title defense, and is the team's new captain.