River Company Outfitter's: My Favorite River

Ryan Huck is the owner of RRM Labs and an avid boatsman out in Colorado. Check out his companies Instagram page and website

Jerry Yang aka Jer Kayaks is known for his great artistic skills featured on his youtube channel and his funny TikTok, and overall just a fun guy to be on the river with. Join us as we talk about how he got bit by the whitewater bug and the world of creating content. Check him out: https://www.youtube.com/c/JerKayaks https://www.tiktok.com/@jerkayaks https://www.instagram.com/jer_kayaks/

Ashley "Ash" Manning is one of the coolest people I have gotten to meet because of the river. She started boating in the Southeast and then went out West and she is now hanging out in West Virginia. While she is known for her funny outdoor TikToks and social media presence we just talked about the river. Be sure to check her out on Instagram and TikTok https://www.instagram.com/ashleysadventure/ https://www.tiktok.com/@ashleysadventure_

Rivers for Change is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit made up of passionate river enthusiasts dedicated to changing the way people think about and interact with water. Through adventure, conservation and education, we work to connect individuals and communities to rivers and promote source to sea literacy.  One of their founders, Danielle Katz, joins me to talk rivers, and she is someone who loves talking about them as much as I do.  Please check out their newest project, The Grand Salmon which takes off on 4/28.  https://riversforchange.org/ https://www.instagram.com/riversforchange/ https://www.instagram.com/salmonsourcetosea/

This episode is to help introduce Recycled Raft Material Labs, a company started by three boaters at Western Colorado making raft gear out of recycled billboards. Please go vote for them to help them try and win their grant. https://woobox.com/jvhi3e https://www.instagram.com/rrm_labs/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNGT-Vc1jJc

Dan Camp is a podcaster, van lifer, pup loving, all-around great guy and he joins me this week to discuss growing up in the outdoors, life happening, and then diving back deep into the outdoor industry. Our discussion talks about the changes that are happening in the outdoor culture as well as some good gear to check out. Be sure to check out his podcast as well as giving him a follow on his social media's. https://campsite.bio/campingout https://www.dancamp.net/podcast https://www.instagram.com/dantcamp/?hl=en https://www.tiktok.com/@campingoutwithdan

Join us as we talk to Libby Tobey and Hailey Thompson as we learn how they got into whitewater and explored that world that led them to their next great adventure on the Salmon Source to Sea.  Follow the whole team at: https://www.instagram.com/elizabeth.tobey/ https://www.instagram.com/brookehess/ https://www.instagram.com/_aliasalias_/ https://www.instagram.com/Oceansandmountains/  https://www.instagram.com/Watercolorwoods/ Follow the adventure Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/salmonsourcetosea/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/salmonsourcetosea Twitter: https://twitter.com/thegrandsalmon LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/salmonsourcetosea

AH OUR FIRST RETURNING GUEST! Annalee Decker is a guide, photographer, and all-around awesome whitewater river person. She joins us to discuss her future plans as well as how Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Universe helped her row, Lava Falls. It is always great catching up with someone that is so passionate about the river. I enjoyed our conversation and I hope you do too. https://www.instagram.com/annaleedecker/ https://www.internationalrafting.com/2020/10/wild-whitewater-woman/

Zach Collier joins me this week to discuss his great, cool, lame, above average youtube show, why Gear Garage has so many river knives videos and some of his favorite river gear. He is a great member of the rafting community please check out his company if you're looking to adventure in the Northwest of the US and his Youtube channel for more great river content.   Northwest Rafting Company https://www.nwrafting.com/ The Gear Garage TV Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/GearGarageTV 

I am joined with the ladies of WACKO. This week I spoke with Katie and Margaret, two of the founding members of the West Asheville Canoe and Kayak Organization. Follow them at https://www.instagram.com/wackoff.icial/ They will be hosting a viewing party in Asheville on February 19th, for more information go to NPFF.org/tix Join them on FB with the link below https://m.facebook.com/groups/378096802757228

This week we are joined by Joel Wenblad a rafter who started as a guide on the Ocoee but is now out in Colorado running some pretty gnarly stuff. He talks about his river journey and the importance of finding a good team to grow with. YAWW the Movie @joel_thejames Down River Equipment

Ambassador Chris Schopp joins us this week to talk about how he got the whitewater bug hard. Three years into the sport and that is all he wants to do! For a 10% off our store please use code PODCAST https://www.instagram.com/chris_schopp/

Anna Lee Decker joins us this week to discuss getting into whitewater, US Whitewater Center, and her latest trip to the PNW! She is a published writer for the international rafting federation and a film student at UNC-W when she's not on the water. Check out her latest projects at @annaleedecker on instagram. Don't forget to check out our online store 10% discount using the code PODCAST

This week's guest is Marty Parichand, owner of Outdoor New England and lead of the Mill City Park Project in Franklin, New Hampshire. We dive into what lead him from being a weekend warrior to becoming the owner of his own outfitter and leading the charge of revitalizing his town of Franklin with New England's first whitewater park right through downtown. https://www.outdoornewengland.com/ https://www.millcitypark.com/ https://www.instagram.com/millcityparkatfranklinfalls/ https://www.instagram.com/outdoornewengland/

In this week's episode, Crawford and Dylan are joined by Kevin Conn a lifetime whitewater paddler who owns a small business, Rapid Image, that takes pictures of rafting trips in Colorado. We talk about everything from bucket boats and Grand Canyon trips to what his favorite river shoes are. Below are some of his links to connect with Kevin or his companies! Discount Code Rapidimage2021 https://www.instagram.com/kvncnn/ https://www.instagram.com/rapidimagephotography/ https://rapidimagephoto.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAju2TcrS9fv8Zahjtrg1vQ

The Whitewater Wars Book The Whitewater Wars Website This week we are joined by David Brown, one of the most important pioneers in the world of recreational whitewater. We discuss David's book, The Whitewater Wars that details his role in securing the recreational water releases on two of America's most popular whitewater rivers, the Ocoee and the Gauley. David gives us insight into how a relatively young industry went up against two of the larger government entities and won the right to consistent water releases for recreational paddlers.

Please check out Float to Ski, link below. This week's trip report is from the Middle Fork of the Salmon River. But, this Middle Fork trip is a little different because it had the goal of skiing some of the most remote lines in the lower 48. Allie Rood joins us from New Zealand to talk about her trip and the documentary that can be found on youtube. At the end of the episode, we get an inside scoop of what the world of whitewater looks like in New Zealand as well. Float to Ski link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--YNHkSofaQ&t=123s Allie Rood : @Allieoutside

We are joined by some awesome river women join us to discuss their recent trip on the Grand Canyon. They give us some great tips on what to do if you finally win that permit. Learn which gear you cannot forget and what gear to leave behind. Also, some great stories as they journey down the big ditch.  Thank you for @Stoopkid_skelly, @itsflytobechey, @ejengleman, and @chloe_cooksey for joining us https://www.ellieswannart.com/ Brought to you by https://rivercompanyoutfitters.com/ Gear provided by the trip: Ceiba Adventures https://www.ceibaadventures.com/

Join Dylan and Crawford as we discuss what the river means to us. In this first episode, we introduce ourselves and a little bit of our journey down rivers. We hope to expand this podcast to trip reports all over the country and get a chance to meet all kinds of river people and their journey down river!