Kayaking Goes Pink and Green for the Day!
The male/female gender percentages were way skewed to female this weekend in the Nantahala Gorge with the arrival of a group of kayakers from all-women's Sweet Briar College - who's colors are pink and green. Sweet Briar has always had an active outdoor program...
ERA Joins in the 2007 NC Clean Sweep: Cleaning up the Nantahala
Team ERA pitched in to clean up the Nantahala River this past week as part of the statewide NC Clean Sweep. Sponsored by the Nantahala Gorge Association and Chaco Sandals, the river looked squeaky clean after we finished! The scheduled clean-up day for the Nantahala...
Taylor Cote: Team Wave Sport
Taylor Cote: newest member of Team Wave Sport. At 14 years old she keeps a pretty busy schedule: riding horses, playing soft ball, summiting Mt. Ranier and kayaking. Her paddling resume is already beginning to outdistance a lot of the boaters that helped get her into...
The Family Goes Paddling
Our little ERA family is starting to wander off for the winter. While some will hold down the fort here in NC, Steve, Jess, Sara, Jeff, Philly Juney and Chris are all back in school, John is teaching school, Danielle is headed to India, Kelly hopefully to Chile; I...
THE POPP FAMILY-WHEN A FAMILY PLAYS TOGETHER!
ERA has enjoyed paddling with Tom Popp on several continents–and now several members of his family back here at home. Tom has been a recognized figure in southeastern paddling for “a while.” We were all surprised the day Tom traded in his “star” helmet–a signature...
Gauley Fest Saturday
It is Saturday morning, the 22nd of Sept. Normally on this morning we are already up and out of our hotel room in Summersville,WV; off to have a good breakfast-the last real meal of the day for us. This is because we are headed to set up our booth to be a part of the largest festival of the year-the Gauley Festival…
We’ve Given Ourselves a Facelift!
We have given our website a facelift. We will look forward to hearing what you think of our change! www.endlessriveradventures.com
THE SISTERS BONNARENS & KAYAKING
Watching the passion for kayaking grow with each of the Bonnarens children (three of the four are already awesome boaters--the fourth and youngest, Bae, is dabbling her toes in the sport) has been a highlight. When Sara Hilda (12) gained some confidence on the Ocoee...
Tubing Through Life by K. Strickland
"There's a place on South Fork River Where clear waters tumble and spill Over moss covered rock formations. A place called Andrew's Mill." It was during the spring of 1961 that I discovered whitewater. As barefoot boys in cut-off jeans we braved those daunting...
Bridging the Generations: A Womens Roundtable
There is nothing like getting together after a good day of paddling and telling stories! While the group consisting of Maria Noakes, Whitney Lonsdale, Beth Rypins and Juliet Jacobsen Kastorff could not work it out to actually spend a day on the river together, we were...