Notes from TeamERA on the Outdoor Retailer Show
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...
Outdoor Retailer 2008: First Impressions, Favorite Quote
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...
ERA pledges sponsorship to Team River Runners Chapter
A new chapter of Team River Runner has been formed in Augusta, GA. Endless RiverAdventures (ERA) has committed to sponsoring the newly formed chapter with equipment procurement and hands-on training for volunteer staff and participating vets. Team River Runner (TRR),...
Stroke Concepts: Tailored for the beginner and intermediate boater
Just as boats evolve, strokes evolve as well. As strokes change, so do the methods for teaching each of them. Let’s talk about the sweep. This stroke is one that has evolved with the changes in boat size. For instructors what change means is constantly refining our...
Never Too Late for an Attitude Adjustment by Joe Parker (aka: the Colonel)
For many years, serving as a pilot in the Marine Corps, I felt that I was living pretty close to the edge and getting all the excitement any normal person should desire. Since leaving active service in the military, passing 50 years of age, and possibly acquiring a...
What does kayaking mean to me? by Trish Parker
My paddling definitely went through a number of phases: In the beginning of my paddling: I recognized that kayaking was not a hobby or a sport but a lifestyle I was finished playing one competitive sport and needed something new to do. I rafted the Ocoee and wanted...
The Kayak Addiction of an Eagle Scout by Steve Augustine
Eight year ago something went out of whack in the great scheme of things. A 14-year old boy scout from Orlando got taken under the wing of some crazies at a camp in westernNorth Carolina. The camp was Camp Daniel Boone, a Boy Scout camp in the heart of theSmoky...
The Story of the Ovett Brothers
At the 2008 Camp Cup Challenge, I ran into the Ovett Brothers–Max and Sam, whitewater kayakers, alums of summer camp–and now enterprising entrepeneurs already giving back to the sport with their support of the Camp Cup Challenge. Read more »
Kayaking Giving the Advantage in a Job Interview
Just something that popped back into my head about how kayaking helped me in my job interview - by Sarah Machinist When I interviewed for the position that I just got they (my interview was 3 people interviewing me at once) were taking turns asking me about facing...
US Olympic Whitewater Slalom Team Headed to Beijing
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...