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Send us Fan Mail Dane was born into kayaking royalty and literally grew up on kayak tour surrounded by the best kayakers in the world.  While this was certainly fertile ground, Dane has gone on to accomplish far more than his pedigree would dictate.  5 Time World Freestyle Champion, Red Bull Athlete, Sole person to break the 4-minute mark on the Green River Race, winner of most every extreme race...

Send us Fan Mail GoFundMe site to help with Charlie's cancer journey:  Fundraiser by Charles Munsey : Help Charlie Munsey Fight Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer In the early 90's Charlie Munsey and his friend Conrad Fourney just drove to the Stikine and put on, becoming the 4th descent and signing their names on the chalkboard at Site Zed.  Those names looked out of place next to the legends...

Send us Fan Mail If you have paddled around New England, you have heard tales of the Kern Brothers.  Seemingly each tantalizing creek you pass, there is some tale about the Kern Brothers.  Willie, Chuck and Johnny drove each other to push kayaking and exploration kayaking to its limits.  The brothers were central to a golden era of unlocking the steepest multi-days in the Sierra's.  Runs that...

Send us Fan Mail Clay Wright may very well have more hours in a kayak on a river than any human being in history....maybe even more than any Inuit on the ocean.  Nearly 5 decades ago at age 7, Clay Wright stood on the banks of Hell Hole and the Nantahala watching his Mom paddle and knowing he had to learn to kayak or he was staying on shore.  He learned....and not too long after, started going on...

Send us Fan Mail Shannon Carroll grew up spending summers on the New River and soon fell in with BJ and Katie Johnson and went on a whirlwind of a whitewater life.  She endured the usual additional obstacles and doubts of men, which women of these sports face.  Confidence in herself was not something Shannon lacked and she rose to the top of the sport, becoming one of the first ever Red Bull-spons...

Send us Fan Mail Dan Gavere inspired a whole generation of kayakers and was integral to the shaping of modern kayaking.  Dan's dream was to be a professional kayaker....never mind that no such thing existed.  He knew filmers and editing were critical.  Paddle Frenzy saw Dan team with Corran Addison in a film that portrayed kayaking in an entirely new way.  They then pioneered travelling the w...

Send us Fan Mail Rush Sturges has channeled hustle and passion like no river runner before to leave a legacy of unbelievable creativity and art.  Rush has been one of the world's best kayakers for decades.  He was never just a kayaker though, always pushing art and creativity in all pursuits.  Rush has had leading kayaking films in every form from VHS to DVD to YouTube to Netflix.  Rush is a...

Send us Fan Mail For a generation of male and female paddlers, just the first name Mariann, is all you need to say and they know who you are tallking about.  Mariann is an inspiration to younger female kayakers across the planet and a bit of a fantasy dream girl to a generation of young male kayakers.  She helped blaze a trail for women in whitewater with her fearless and stubborn approach to the...

Send us Fan Mail When whitewater kayaking surged into its golden age, Corra Addison was at the very front leading the charge.  His relentless pursuit of improving equipment introduces many of the innovations taken for granted now like flat bottoms on kayaks, hard edges and spud boats.  Perhaps nobody brought more innovation and more controversy to the sport.  Hear how growing up in South Africa ne...

Send us Fan Mail Olaf Obsommer has been Europe's leading whitewater filmmaker for decades.  His films have become the international window into the whitewater world.  Along the way he has become one of the most prolific expedition kayakers of all time.  His latest film collaboration is Gabon: Uncharted available on RedBull TV. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Ben Selznick embodied the surge and rapid evolution of kayaking in the late 1990's and early 2000's.  He grew up during the rapid design advances of kayaks when play boats first started and creek boat design saw a surge in progress as well.  Ben was a central member of NRPW with the likes of Adam Olsen, Scott Ligare, Matt Wilson and Seth Warren.  Ben made the most of thi...

Send us Fan Mail At 15 years old Tyler Bradt was travelling the world running the hardest whitewater out there filming with Teton Gravity Research.  Since then he has gone on to shatter the World Record Waterfall drop, drove a veggie bus from Alaska to Chile and sailed his boat, The Wizards Eye, around the world for 5 years.  Through it all, he has remained one of the top kayakers in the world and...

Send us Fan Mail Rib Lesser is the preeminent legend for multiple generations of whitewater paddlers in the Western US.  From fiberglass boats in 1969 to pioneering the North Fork of the Payette to leading one of the most legendary first descents of all time, the Stikine River in Southwest Alaska.  In the middle he went on expeditions to Chile, Pakistan and other places when it was still quite har...

Send us Fan Mail Ben Stookesberry and his friends started recording their exploits soon after they starting kayaking in their late teens.  He released the iconic No Big Names series of films, which seemed to point to his groups perceived humble position in the sport.  Fast forward over 25 years and Ben Stookesberry has become quite possibly the most prolific expedition kayaker of all time.  His li...