On Oct. 4 Visit Florida, the state tourism bureau, is scheduled to launch a website that will help people plan paddling, hiking and horseback trails vacations in the Sunshine State. With more than 8,000 miles of existing land trails and 4,000 miles of water trails, according to a Visit Florida report, the state won the inaugural award [...]

Photo / Blazing Paddles Blazing Paddles has practiced at West Lake Park in Hollywood since March 2008 but controversy has erupted. The South Florida Sun Sentinel summed it up by reporting, “A lone kayaker failed to slay Broward’s only dragon boat team today, but the battle is not over.” Kristin Deffler, an attorney who has attained [...]