The world’s leading paddlesport media company

What We Do

Rapid Media is an international media company that produces some of the world’s leading print, digital, video and social paddlesport brands.

We produce Paddling Magazine, including our special annual 300+ page Paddling Buyer's Guide and 200+ page Paddling Trip Guide travel issues. We also produce Kayak Angler, the world's leading kayak fishing magazine. 

Both our Paddling Magazine and Kayak Angler brands have significant digital assets, including industry-leading websites, flipbook and app editions, and the world’s most sophisticated online paddling buyer’s guides. 

Rapid Media produces the international Paddling Film Festival World Tour and, now thanks to COVID, also the new Virtual Tour. 

Over the last 24 years, we’ve worked hard to become North America’s most trusted paddlesports authority.

Our History

• 1998 incorporated company, Rapid Magazine Inc.

• 1999 published its first issue of Rapid magazine.

• 2001 launched Adventure Kayak for sea kayaking enthusiasts.

• 2002 launched Canoeroots as Canada’s canoeing magazine.

• 2007 launched Kayak Angler magazine.

• 2007 launched an international film festival now called the Paddling Film Festival.

• 2009 launched Paddling Business magazine.

• 2010 very first magazines in Canada and the first magazines in the outdoor genre with apps for iPad in iTunes store. 

• 2013 launched the annual Paddling Buyer’s Guide.

• 2013 created Paddling Magazine, a digital-only monthly magazine available in iOS and Android apps.

• 2014 became the official media partner of the American Canoe Association, the national governing body.

• 2014, Rapid Media launched a gender equality initiative led by managing editor Kaydi Pyette. This initiative has included hiring six women into 11 of the salaried positions. The initiative has pushed forward more diverse and inclusive content, including more women featured in photography, women-focused stories, as well as working with more women content creators.

• 2015 launched the annual Paddling Trip Guide.

• 2015 became the official media partner of Paddle Canada, the national governing body.

• 2017 combined Rapid, Adventure Kayak and Canoeroots with Paddling Buyer’s Guide and Paddling Trip Guide and turned our digital-only monthly title into a quarterly print magazine, Paddling Magazine. The premier print issue was released in August 2017. Added a new standup paddleboarding section called Paddleboarder.

• 2017 became the official partner of Paddlesports Retailer, the world’s leading industry trade show (now The Big Gear Show). Paddling Business becomes the official magazine of the show.

• 2018 launched paddlingmag.com.

• 2019 launched kayakanglermag.com.