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Happy Birthday Kissimmee River Valley Sportsmen's Association

Kissimmee River Valley Airboat Association celebrated its 35th birthday as an organization that has spent these years speaking up and fighting for all airboaters' rights to navigable waterways.

Citrus County Airboaters Alliance Airboat Rodeo

Citrus County Airboaters Alliance host numerous events throughout the year at the Swimming Hole at Potts Preserve in Florida.

Indian River County Airboat Association Airboat Rodeo

Indian River County Airboat Association held another fun and entertaining airboat rodeo on June 3, 2023, at the East Marsh Summer Camp outside of Fellsmere, Florida. IRCAA knows how to put on a great rodeo, as well as many other club events held throughout the year.

Nebraska Cream Can Cookout

This was a just for fun ride with a group of friends over Memorial weekend on the Platte River by Columbus, Nebraska.

Outdoor Revolution - Guided Bowfishing in Texas

Outdoor Revolution is a Bowfishing guided service in the Sam Rayburn/ Toledo Bend area in Pineland, Texas. My fiancé and I opened this business in the past year. It has been a dream of mine to guide and teach people a sport I love.

Fishing From an Airboat With Kids

Well, schools are out and Staycations are in. Over the years, it has been a favorite pastime for kids of all ages to get into fishing, usually at a local pond, riverbank or a stream flowing behind the house. We all must start somewhere, right?

Jerry Wetherington Memorial

On June 10, 2023, members of the United Sportsmen's Airboaters Alliance held a memorial ride and lunch or the association's long-time president. Mr. Wetherington served as the club president for 16 years and was a tireless advocate for conservation and fighting to protect airboaters' access rights.

Aero Wake Airboats Wins Best in Class at LS Fest in Texas

Aero Wake Boats was awarded the \"Best in Class\" for their 2023 Aero Wake Tunnel Hull with a supercharged Stage 3 LT4 package. They also won first place in the \"Just Because\" category, which is for any non-car/truck vehicles powered by an LS/LT engine.

Earth Day 2023

It's great to see another successful Earth Day volunteer project organized by the Florida Sportsmen Conservation Association (FSCA) and Lake Okeechobee Airboat Association (LOAA) on May 6, 2023.

Airboat Building Is a Navin Family Tradition

The Navin's are a multi-generational airboating family that enjoys time together riding, hunting and fishing in South Florida.

Valvetrain Geometry

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINE TECH TIPS

Early History of Florida's Airboat Tourism

As I researched this article, as in most things in history, you get some different answers as to what came first, the chicken or the egg, or who was the first airboat tour operator.

Lake Okeechobee Airboat Association 2023 Airboat Show

Lake Okeechobee Airboat Association held their annual airboat show, April 15, 2023.

Airboaters for Autism Awareness Light It Up Blue 2023

This year was like no other for Light It Up Blue.

Have Your Paperwork in Order

May and June are prime airboat fishing.

Deer Hunting in the Glades

I enjoy hunting by airboat and buggy in the Everglades.

Backyard Build

Jon Stalzer Adding EFI to 4-Cyl Race Boat

MEET YOUR VENDOR

Interview by Kendall Copeland with the Aero Wake team Photos courtesy Hoonigan and Aero Wake Boats Aero Wake Boats, LLC. is located in north Dallas, Texas.

Broward County Airboat & Halftrack Conservation Association 33rd Annual Airboat & Buggy Show

It was a great weekend and another wonderful airboat and buggy show completed on March 22-23, 2023.

The Seasons of Alaskan Airboating

Larry has been airboating in Alaska since 2010, and I was introduced to the fun after we met in 2013.

Lake Okeechobee Airboat Association 2023 Youth Hunting Program Off to Great Start

The Lake Okeechobee (Florida) Airboat Association hosted two Florida Youth Hunting Program hunts in January 2023. There is another scheduled for March.

Indian River County Airboat Association 9th Annual Speck Fishing Tournament

But that did not stop the anglers from coming out to our 2023 9th Annual Speck Fishing Tournament at Duck Camp and Farm 13 Reservoir in Fellsmere, Florida.

Propeller Sizing in 3 Easy Steps

Airboating Magazine recently caught up with Patti from Whirl Wind Propellers and asked a simple question we often see from our readers: ‘What prop should I choose that will make the most thrust for my airboat’?

Evolution of the Fiberglass Hulls

Pioneers of Airboating

The Beethoven of the Airboat Industry - Raul Garcia

It is 1984, and Stan Floyd (President of American Airboat Corporation in Orange, Texas) is making a name in the airboat industry, when a hearing-impaired gentleman approaches him for employment.

Scorpion Airboats

PASSION. This word describes owner and builder of Scorpion Airboats, Lee Hancock.

Sea Turtle Rescues Along the Texas Coast

While most of you were opening presents on Christmas Day, we had the fun of rescuing stunned sea turtles up and down the Texas Coast.

2022 Margarita Run

On September 10, 2022, approximately 20 airboats launched at the ARAA boat ramp in Porter, Oklahoma, to journey upriver to the Margaritaville Casino and Resort in Tulsa.

Twinrivers Labor Day Poker Run

The annual Twinrivers Labor Day poker run was held September 4, 2022, in northern Oklahoma on the Arkansas River.

AIRBOATING ROAD TRIP

Six families from Fremont, Nebraska, made a little road trip, airboats in tow, across the states to boat a new river in Kansas.