Ryan Baudrand
Where do you call home: Port Orchard, WA was before I started a family and call Bryson City home.
On Staff Since: 2001
Positions: Kayak Instructor, Trip Leader on the Upper and Middle Ocoee, Costa Rica and Ecuador Trip Leader, father of Jonah and Iris Jane.
Began Paddling: 1999
Favorite River to Paddle: The Pasqua and Peralta Sections of the Reventazon River in Costa Rica
Paddling Accomplishment: Making Rodeo Nationals in 2002, winning expert division at the Freestyle Wave in 2011.
Favorite Quote: "Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "wow, what a ride!" Hunter S. Thompson