No Girls’ Category Needed for this Lady!

Ask Maria Noakes which “hat” she has on today and it can be one of many: Mom, wife, company co-founder, respected whitewater paddler, international traveler…. oh, and a girl not scared to compete against the big boys-as she so proved placing 18th...

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...

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...