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Kajak Kanu klub "Rastocki mlinari" is a rafting and kayak club from Slunj, Croatia. The goal of the club is to promote the whitewater sports and encourage and train people who would like to participate in it. Men and women team are competing on national and international level. The club is cooperating in various activities with other sports teams from the town Slunj. The club organises or participates in all local actions for protecting the environment, cleaning the garbage from inside the rivers or from it's banks and surrounding areas.

In these years, the club have worked on water sport and created the reputation of one of the most powerful sports and recreational clubs in Europe in the field of boating in wild waters. Men and women team are competing on national and international level: current European U19 champions in sprint and dueling and current World Champions U23 in the descent. Many activities are realized for citizens and tourists (about 1500 people each year). The club already develop some activities linked with water specificities in the region: dams, old mils, saws, waterfalls,...
Federazione Italiana Rating (FiRaft), the Italian Rafting Federation is recognized by the Italian Olympic Committee; founded in 1987 as an Association organizes and represents for more than 30 years the activity of Rafting in Italy, both for sport professional and recreational activities for the citizens, teachers and schools. FIRaft has organized European and world rafting championships. FIRaft's strengths are the training of its guides and the dual career of athletes (from canoe to rafting guides). Firaft is active in partnerships for river defense and redevelopment. FiRaft has its own press office for the care and dissemination of activities and initiatives through traditional communication channels and social networks. In January 2018 FIRaft promoted the foundation of the World Rafting Federation with other partners.