Daily Dose: Riverboarding

Written by Stephen Regenold Dec 26, 2006 1:59 p.m. ET

Support us! GearJunkie may earn a small commission from affiliate links in this article. Learn More

Body armor is de rigueur in this sport.

Indeed, the sport of riverboarding is a whitewater niche that involves running rapids on your belly with a buoyant boogie-board-like shell.

I had the opportunity to try it out last summer.

See The Gear Junkie review here: GEAR ARCHIVE

Stephen Regenold

2,732 articles

Stephen Regenold is the founder of GearJunkie, which he launched as a nationally syndicated newspaper column in 2002. As a journalist, writer, and gear nerd, Regenold has covered the outdoors industry for over two decades, including as a correspondent for the New York Times. A father of five, Regenold and his wife, Tara, live in Minneapolis.