The series will feature the same courses as before (Black River, Raquette River, Beaver River, and the Moose River), but there are some changes to announce for this year.

There will be more prizes (among the grand prize of a Dagger Green Boat), more ways to win these prizes (a new lottery system), new tracking of female only classes, a double header freestyle competition, and the additional inclusion of the Moose Race to count towards the AWP World Series.

To learn more about these awesome changes, click here.

We're in beautiful Vail, CO for the weekend at GoPro Mountain Games! Check out this video for the scoop on day #1 in Vail Village + the results from the Steep Creek Race yesterday.  And if you're in town, come by the booth and enter for a chance to win a Dagger Axis 10.5 (all proceeds benefit First Descents). Check back for coverage of day #2...

Day #2 of the 2014 GoPro Mountain Games in vail Colorado went down in usual epic nature. Sports like Bouldering, slack lining, dog jumping, fly fishing, slope style Mt Biking, and freestyle kayaking all saw some amazing competitions.

Team Daggers own Max Carlson and Tomasz Czaplicki both had amazing rides in the freestyle preliminaries and both advanced to the semi-finals going down on day #3.

Stay tuned for Day 3 highlights!

Dagger athletes Brendan and Todd Wells are either excellent kayakers who make great films, or excellent filmmakers who are great at kayaking. Either way, their latest video, "Exploring Antioquia" is an amazing look into the big water paradise that is Columbia. Featuring the first descent of the canyon section Rio Cauca, as well as a 55-mile float through the highly volatile Rio Nechi, which is controlled by FARC guerillas, this video has it all. Check it out!

Dagger is proud to be introducing awesome new colors into our lineup, starting 9/1. Here is a preview

http://www.confluenceoutdoor.com/2014/08/new-dagger-colors-coming-91/

Tyler Bradt and his friends have had quite the epic journey so far. After leaving Tasmania, they sailed through a massive storm to the Soloman Islands, and then on to Indonesia, where they battled customs officials for a month before securing a visa.

Check out the video here:

Team Dagger athlete Tom Janney just completed an epic multi-day mission to Fantasy Falls in California. Check out the video here:

The Next Horizon Line: Fantasy falls from Tom Janney on Vimeo.

For more info, check out Tom on the Dagger blog.

Tom Janney's very sobering account of his descent of the North Fork of the San Joaquin, which included a devestating injury to paddler Thomas Moore. Stay safe out there!

http://thenexthorizonline.blogspot.com/2014/08/mistakes-we-knew-we-were-making.html

 Team Dagger had a great showing, with Geoff Calhoun taking first, Ryan Mooney taking sixth, and Quality Control manager Wade Harrison showing up and taking 15th. Overall, 7 of the top 10 finishers won in Green Boats. Go fast, take chances!

 Erin SAVAGE

The short, steep racecourse punishes mistakes and rewards those who let it fly. We are very proud of our athletes and of the fact that the top six finishers were in Green Boats. Full results are below: