Boaters take a Creature Craft on a wild ride down the North Fork of the Smith River in northwest California. Photo courtesy of George Nuckols / Creature Crafts GASQUET, CALIF. It’s been raining for ...

GASQUET, CALIF. — It’s been raining for almost a week here on California’s northwest coast, and the Middle Fork Smith River has transformed into a raging, swirling, terrifying torrent of whitewater.

Creature Craft instructor Tony Marini navigates off Chaos Rapid on the Wenatchee River near Levenworth, Washington, in May of this year. Marini, who has helped instruct new Creature Craft owners how ...

Whitewater rafting can be an exhilarating and fun sport, providing paddlers with an amazing adrenaline rush. But it can also be a very dangerous activity, with rafts often tipping over and ...