“We are enjoying our time in
Words from Robert Peerson when we tracked him down long enough to give us some feedback on what he was focusing on with the redesigned Diesel. Check out his interview thoughts on the Diesel, as well as the new Project 54cx–the first ever composite whitewater boat!
Posted on August 28th, 2008 by Erajuliet
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Slovakia, Germany and Britian dominate the kayaking events at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Posted on August 11th, 2008 by Erajuliet
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After checking in with some of our favorite manufacturers at the Outdoor Retailers Show here in Salt Lake City, we have exciting news for 2009. Kids are definitely coming out on top as far as new products. So are fans of the Wave Sport Diesel. Following are just some of the headline notes for 2009.
Posted on August 11th, 2008 by Erajuliet
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After a busy Saturday on the river, it was time to stumble into the car to head to the Atlanta airport…and off to Salt Lake City for a brief visit to the Outdoor Retailer Show. Adding in a time zone change or two, eleven hours later we landed in Salt Lake and headed to the convention center. A bit bleary eyed, we still took in a few first impressions and ran into some of our favorite industry friends.
Posted on August 11th, 2008 by Erajuliet
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While no one here at ERA is much at paddling slalom gates….the 2008 Olympic team trials became personal to us when a fellow-paddler from Ecuador, Omar, showed up this spring for the Pan American Team Trials to attempt to win a berth for Ecuador in Beijing.
Omar joined an impressive list of those who would not be competing in Beijing. The whitewater slalom event was reorganized after the 2004 olympics and for Beijing, only one athlete per event per country would compete in each of the whitewater slalom events, and the whole of Latin America was limited to only a single spot per event for Beijing.
The competition for slots for the US whitewater team came head-to-head this past week in Ausburg, Germany.
Posted on July 20th, 2008 by Erajuliet
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For years owner Ken has gotten some ribbing for the staff chain gang sometimes seen out 
shoveling the humps off the gravel road…usually with the big boss shoveling as much as everyone else.
But those days are over and there is now a shiny new blacktop on the criss cross entrance to ERA.
Posted on July 17th, 2008 by Erajuliet
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The Ecuadorian Rivers Institute is a non-profit that targets river drainages throughout Ecuador which are important for recreational river use and advocates protecting river corridors for the benefit of maintaining the high levels of biodiversity and realizing sustainable, tourism-based economies in these areas.
Updates from Ecuadorian Rivers Institute include:
For more information, check the ERA website news article.
Posted on June 25th, 2008 by Erajuliet
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The ERA staff wishes a special “Happy Father’s Day” to our own fathers.
And to two special fathers that are part of Team ERA:
Jeff Griffin 
and Ryan Baudrand 
Happy Father’s Day.
You guys are awesome!
Posted on June 13th, 2008 by Erajuliet
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We do not take the word “team” lightly here at Endless River Adventures. And part of being a team is the ability to be able to work together. So we took a day out to work with Shane Williams on river rescue scenarios—both on how to prevent situations as well as how to deal with situations when they occur.
Shane is a respected colleague of the ERA staff: he is a fellow guide, kayaker, and great trainer. We are always ready to learn from him (on the river at least!).
For more on the day, check out the Smoky Mountain Times article.
Posted on June 11th, 2008 by Erajuliet
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Maybe once it was the young guns who set the standard for the kind of kayaker some of us wanted to be… but here at ERA we have a new set of heros: our friends that have seen their 70th birthdays come and go and are still out there living it up on the river. Keep it up! You are setting the proverbial “high water mark” as far as the standard for being a kayaker. Example of this: our friend John Judy. Not scared to ‘fess up that he is in his 84th year, as long as the cardiac doctor says “yes” John is still headed for the river any chance he gets!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us, John!
Posted on June 11th, 2008 by Erajuliet
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