To prepare for Gauley Fest, all year, whitewater paddlers train - both for the river and, paddlers often joke, for the after-party, which has a reputation of going all night. Gauley Fest is the ...

6 unique ‘Beast of the East’ scenes that define American Whitewater’s annual September gathering. On most weekends of the Gauley’s release season, the feeling alone of paddling endless-seeming Class ...

HUNTINGTON — The Gauley River will be wilder than normal next week when the Army Corps of Engineers does a special water release for a kayak festival. On Tuesday morning, the corps plans to increase ...

A 17-year-old student from a Montana kayaking prep school drowned Friday when his kayak got trapped under water on the Upper Gauley River, authorities said. The body of the Missoula, Mont., teen was ...

That’s why The New River Academy-The Academy of Huge Experiences has forged a perfect fit with the Mountain State. AHE, based in Beckwith, is a college preparatory high school with a focus on ...

OFFduty staff writer Jon R. Anderson, rear right, and crew navigate West VirginiaÕs raging Gauley River Ð better known among white water enthusiasts as the ÔBeast of the EastÕ Ð during its peak flow ...

SUMMERSVILLE, W.Va. (AP) — Authorities have identified a Pennsylvania man who drowned after his kayak overturned in the Gauley River. New River Gorge National River chief ranger Jeff West says 55-year ...