We are so enthusiastic about kayaking, making the Team River Runner Program particularly dear to us because of its goal of helping veterans around the community find health, healing and new challenges through kayaking. Before we ended up with all sorts of grandiose...
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Nantahala Open Event Gaining Momentum
Saturday, April 25th is the day for the 5th Annual Nantahala Open...and we are getting fired up. Bryan Kirk and the Wave Sport crew will be pulling into the Gorge to help out. And sponsors have bent over backwards to donate to the event. We created a special blog...
Momentum Beginning for the Nantahala Open
It has become a spring tradition...April comes, the dogwoods bloom, and then there is the Nantahala Open! And this year the tradition continues 🙂 Bryan Kirk and friends will lead up the TeamWaveSport group. And a new addition to the event is the new Nantahala Open...
Trading kayaks for Mountain Bikes in Ecuador
When a group of friends expressed interest in a bike trip to Ecuador, we could not have been happier to help with arrangements! And when no one was looking, even snuck in a couple of the rides--but it is so out of character for us that most would not believe it!
Update on our friends in Costa Rica
For all those who have had the pleasure of sharing time with Miguel and his family in Costa Rica, rest well knowing they are safe; albeit shaken up after the earthquake that hit Costa Rica on Thursday afternoon. Neither Miguel nor Fabian was near the Poas area (which...
When all it take is a picture: the Rio Sarapiqui
Sometimes all it takes is a picture to sum things up. So here are before and after photos of the Sarapiqui River here in Costa Rica. And these photos are in honor of our fantastic group of southeastern boaters who were here last week--totally confused by the fact...
New Blog Sites About Rivers
Endless River Adventures has added two new blogsites to the blog roll: International Rivers.� One of our new favorite organizations that is working hard to keep up awareness about the status of rivers internationally. In Hot Water where a climate team will be covering...
Costa Rica 2008: Exploratory Week
Every year a team of ERA guides HAS to come down to Costa Rica a week early and see how things have changed regarding river features and put-ins and takeouts. It is part of the guide job description and a mandatory part of our international trips. Of course if you...
The Oct 10th en memoriam Party Honoring Vladimir Vanha.
This past Friday evening was the date for the en memoriam party in honor of the late Vladimir Vanha of NOAH Intl. It was a veritable whose-who gathering of original southeastern boaters and founding members of the Nantahala Community; as well as Vanha family members,...
Best Part of Gauley Fest!
4th Annual Homegrown Results
The Homegrown Video Contest just celebrated its 4th Year. And if the winner of the ERA donation who stopped in to cash in his certificate was anywhere near correct--this was the best year yet! And now the results are public. Anyone who missed out on the actual event...
Kayak Event Winners at the Beijing Olympics
Slovakia, Germany and Britian dominate the kayaking events at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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),...
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...
No More Chain Gang Road Work at the ERA Outpost!
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...
Ecuadorian Rivers Institute (ERI) June 2008 Update
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...
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY
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!
ERA Staff Training/Team Building
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...
2008 Asheville Mountain Sports Festival: Save the Planet: It’s the Only One with Chocolate!
"Save the Planet: It�s the Only One with Chocolate!" -as inscribed on the trashcans at the 2008 Asheville Mountain Sports Festival You know a good festival when even the trashcans are inscribed with great sayings! The 2008 Asheville Mountain Sports Festival was good,...
Ode to Attila
A number of years ago, Ken received a framed tribute as a gift from two ladies who he helped mold into great kayakers. I did not ask him why the tribute they gave him was titled "Ode to Atilla." That spoke for itself! But I did ask Ken to share the tribute and some...