Team River Runner’s annual weekend at Wausau Whitewater Park, July 20 & 21, 2024. Thanks to the many volunteers and donors who make it possible to serve our veterans and their families! For more information see TeamRiverRunner.org.
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2024 TRR Adaptive Paddling Conference
I recently returned from the Team River Runner Adaptive Paddling Conference (AKA National Leadership Conference) held June 18-22 in the Washington, DC area for TRR leaders from across the country. In addition to working on leadership, outreach, diversity, safety, PTSD, TBI, adaptive paddling, and swift water rescue, a few of […]
Big Smokey Falls by drone
Drone video of kayakers sending Big Smokey Falls on Wisconsin’s Wolf River. Kayakers: Jeff Ford and Josh Flom. Safety by Dustin Christian. Recorded with a DJI Avata drone and GoPro 10.
Ocoee River with Team River Runner
Cohen R. and I recently drove to North Carolina for our first visit to the annual #TeamRiverRunner SE Rendezvous. We were treated to good food, new friendships and two days kayaking the Nantahala River followed by a day on big water of the Ocoee. It was a tremendous event with […]
Busy Kayaking Season
It’s been a busy spring and summer of kayak instruction; both whitewater and sea kayaking. And the busiest part of the season is still to come. I haven’t posted lately so I’ll play catch-up now about some of the events to date… SCOUT LEADER KAYAK TRAINING, June 5-8 I’ll start […]
New Canoes and Other Temptations
A few days ago I rode along with friend Dan (@ongreenbay) to pick up his new canoe, a beautiful H20 Canoe Company Prospector. He ordered it from Umingmaq Paddle Touring Center, located a few miles west of Westfield, in Central Wisconsin. I had heard about Umingmaq but I hadn’t been […]
2022 Door County Sea Kayak Symposium
In 2020 and 2021 I missed instructing at the Door County Sea Kayak Symposium, so it was great to be back this past weekend for the 2022 version in Wisconsin’s beautiful Door County, just an hour or so up the road from our place. This year we had 112 kayakers […]
Top 10 Paddle Days of 2021
The Internet loves lists so I’m capping off the year with my top 10 list of favorite kayaking days of 2021. First some stats… Each year I track the “who, what, when, and where” of my paddles, plus other info such as river levels, water and air temperature and so […]
TRR Tennessee and North Carolina kayaking
On a recent trip to Tennessee and North Carolina with a Team River Runner crew we did some whitewater kayaking on two rivers: the Nolichucky and the French Broad. River levels were low but immense fun. Cohen (from the Minneapolis TRR chapter) and I traveled to Johnson City, TN where […]
A Photo Album: Rock Island Kayak Camping Weekend
Photos from Northeast Wisconsin Paddlers’ (NEWP) club trip to Wisconsin’s beautiful Rock Island State Park, June 10-13, 2021. I totaled 18.89 miles for the weekend.