We are so excited to interview MRS today! Congratulations, MRS, on a very productive year. Could you share about the new line of packrafts that you have launched? We launched the ultra-light series this year. Four products are included in the ultra-light series, which are mainly for use in flat water: Nitrogen, Minnow, Surveyor, and Surveyor-X2. Nitrogen is the lightest among all MRS packraft types, and weighs less than one kilogram. The Surveyor is slightly larger than the Minnow, and the X2 is the two-person version of the Surveyor. The Minnow, Surveyor, and Surveyor X2 all use 210D hul ..read more

We are so excited to share this interview with you from Chelsey Magess of Bend Racing whose team just won the gruelling Expedition Ozark Adventure Race! You are going to enjoy hearing her insider stories that carry a lot of wisdom for life.   Congratulations Chelsey on your win! Can you introduce us to your team, who you are, where you are from and how long you have been racing together?  Yes! We are a team of around 11 athletes. 5 of us are from Bend, Oregon, 3 of us are from Canada, 3 are from Washington, and one is from Denmark. The team that won Expedition Ozark was Chelsey ..read more

People often ask us which packraft to choose. If you love: Fishing - you may be interested in a Ponto. They are super lightweight (2.9 kg or 6.3 lbs) and one of our smallest packrafts, so they are easy to take to your secret fishing hole but big enough for your gear and all your fish - even the big ones. You can also attach a fishing pole holder accessory or two! Hiking or Cycling - You will love the Microraft as it is also very lightweight (around 3.5 kg or 7.7 lbs), and it rolls up very compactly and fits easily into a 35-litre backpack. It comes with a spray deck so that you will stay war ..read more

What makes MRS packrafts such high-quality, innovative and reliable boats? Listen in to find out how an outdoor enthusiast combined his creative genius with his commitment to quality and went from a living room production to a global leader in watersports in under 15 years.  Can you tell us the story behind how MRS started as a company?  I am an outdoor sports enthusiast myself and often go cycling, ice climbing, and hiking after work.  When I would paddle canoes, I always had ideas about how to modify them. I decided to make my own boat so that I could implement my ideas, and ..read more

Hi Nathalie! Could you tell us how you became interested in adventure racing? I was living in Australia in 2009 and had just started doing triathlons when some friends introduced me to paddling and trail running. A few months later, they asked me to join a team for a multi-stage event. A year later, I was asked to join a team to race in my first Expedition race in Cairns. In case some of our readers aren't familiar with adventure or endurance racing, could you paint a picture of what it looks like? Adventure racing is a mix of Mountain biking, paddling and hiking with Orienteering (map ..read more

Luc, you are a bit of a legend in the packrafting community! Can you tell us what motivated you to write your book? The Packraft Handbook started as a short safety manual. I had been teaching swiftwater safety courses for the Swiftwater Safety Institute for a few years and wanted to figure out how to get safety techniques out to more people. I was only reaching 30-40 people a summer with the in-person courses. But after writing the safety and rescue content, I realized that it would be even more valuable to write about how not to need rescue! (Duh!) So, I added chapters about equipment ..read more

Hi Chris! We are so excited to interview you today! Can you please tell us a little bit about yourself and your interest in adventure racing? My name is Chris Fenlon-MacDonald, but in most circles, I’m known as Chris Fen-Mac. I’m a father of two, a healthy schools advocate and a type-2 fun enthusiast. In addition to being a father and working in the education system, I own and operate Rocky Mountain Adventure Racing and most recently made the leap into expedition-length adventure racing. How did you hear about packrafting, and what has your experience been like? I’d see folks who had hiked in ..read more

We always love to hear about the adventures our customers have with their pacrrafts. It is our pleasure to share Colin's epic fishing and backcountry adventure with you today. Enjoy!    The Expedition I’d been thinking of this fishing trip for a long time. It combined two things that really got me interested: trophy brook trout and a remoteness that would keep the average Joe away. It was a good 25 km hike in through prime grizzly country and would require staying over on the way in and at the lake in order to make the trip doable and worthwhile. I rolled this trip around in my head ..read more

We are so excited to welcome Sergio Ríos Rodriguez today! You are going to love hearing about his amazing trip down the Amazon River in a packraft. (La versión en español se encuentra abajo.)   A few years ago, you took an epic trip down the Amazon River. What can you tell us about your adventure? Ever since I was very young, I liked to watch National Geographic documentaries, and at the time, most of them were about Africa and the Amazon. I often watched the tribes in their traditional clothing, ants carrying tiny leaves, the caiman alligators, snakes, the gigantic river (large ..read more

We are excited to welcome Jay, champion of lightweight packrafting. We have learned so much from Jay about how to travel light that we asked if he would be willing to share his secrets with you.    Hi Jay! Can you tell us a bit about your background and interest in the outdoors?  My draw for the wilderness started with some of my best childhood memories with my family, when we hiked and went on simple car camping trips in Ontario, Canada. I advanced to easy multiple-day paddling and backpacking trips when I was in my early 20s, discovering that traveling through wilderness for d ..read more