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Boating Safety
WSF Shares 8 Boating Tips for a Fun and Safe Summer
As the traditional opening of the summer boating season approaches this Memorial Day, the Water Sports Foundation (WSF) encourages boaters…
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Best Practices
Water Sports Foundation Offers 5 Tips for Paddlesports Season Fun
As spring unfolds across the United States, paddlers are eagerly returning to the water to mark the unofficial start of…
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News
New Boating Safety Campaign Developed for Water Sports Foundation
For the first time in its 15 years, the Water Sports Foundation (WSF) has contracted the Black Oak Creative of…
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Top News
WSF safety campaign doubles goal
The Water Sports Foundation, in collaboration with the Hispanic Communications Network (HCN), completed a highly successful Spanish-language educational campaign promoting…
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News
WSF reports record number of paddlesports accidents
Over 37 million participants engaged in paddlesports like kayaking, canoeing and stand-up paddleboarding during the pandemic according to the latest…
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Water Sports Foundation reports spike in online boater education
The Water Sports Foundation reported a major surge in boater education enrollment across the nation, marked by new online delivery…
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Water Sports Foundation inaugural safety outreach exceeds expectations
A national public relations campaign by the nonprofit Water Sports Foundation has far exceeded preliminary expectations, generating more than 600…
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Blog Spotlight
Boating tips to safely navigate busy Fourth of July waters
By the Water Sports Foundation All over the country this upcoming holiday weekend, boaters will be cruising to popular gathering…
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Features
Profiles in leadership: Jim Emmons
By Wanda Kenton Smith From the time he was a tyke tubing behind his grandfather’s 55-foot houseboat, through combo skiing…
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Blog Spotlight
12 top boating safety tips for the busy summer boating season
By Wanda Kenton Smith With new and used boat sales soaring to record highs in 2020 to first-time boat buyers,…
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News
Water Sports Foundation launches “National Boating Safety Media Center”
As part of a U.S. Coast Guard Boating Safety Outreach Grant, the Water Sports Foundation (WSF) has just completed the…
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News
Water Sports Foundation appoints Wanda Kenton Smith to communications director
The Water Sports Foundation (WSF) has appointed veteran journalist, marine marketer and publicist Wanda Kenton Smith of Kenton Smith Marketing…
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Water Sports Foundation welcomes new content director
The Water Sports Foundation welcomes outdoor writer and editor Jeff Moag as its new content director, with responsibility for managing…
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Blog Spotlight
Did you see that article in The New York Times?
By David Gee The good news is The New York Times recently ran a glowing article called The Boat Business…
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Blog Spotlight
The newest – and best – tactic for reaching the unreachables
By Jim Emmons For more than five years, I’ve been trying to learn exactly how so many people perish while…
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Feature
Coast Guard stats show continued reduction in boating deaths
The United States Coast Guard has just released its 2019 Recreational Boating Statistics report revealing a decline in American boating…
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News
Jim Emmons appointed to Chair USCG NBSAC
Jim Emmons, a 31-year career marine industry veteran and current non-profit outreach grants director for the Water Sports Foundation, Inc.…
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Water Sports Foundation hosts meeting with kayak manufacturers
The Water Sports Foundation (WSF) hosted its second paddle sports safety meeting with the world’s largest recreational kayak manufacturers at…
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Coast Guard Grant Project releases paddle sports safety video series
The nonprofit Water Sports Foundation (WSF) announced Wednesday the release of a series of highly specialized paddle sports safety videos…
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