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Sandy Hess is joining us from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She's a whitewater guide of 8 years and spent the last season guiding while pregnant with her first baby! She's here...
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E27: Why Should I Pay for Paddling Instruction? With Brittany Schruefer
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Brittany Schruefer (Schree-fur) believes that the best place to learn is outside of our comfort zones. After five months of chasing summer around the world studying comparative...
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E26: Racing, Friend Crushes, and Competition with Alex Horne
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Alex Horne is an optometrist and whitewater kayaker practicing and paddling in West Virginia. Raised in northern New Hampshire, Alex was a three sport athlete from a young age...
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E25: Trans Women, Hormones, and How It Affects Kayaking with Cici Cambron
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Cici Cambron (she/her) is a whitewater paddler and instructor currently living in Asheville, NC. She’s been paddling and teaching kayaking for about 3 years, and has been out as...
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E24: Coaching, Guiding, Instruction, Therapy-ing - Where They Collide and Diverge with Dan Horseman
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Dan Horseman is a Certified Professional Life Coach and ACA L4 WW kayak instructor living in Asheville, NC. He recently became a new dad and is excited to share his passions for...
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E23: River Tattoos, Tattoo Taboos, and How to Take Your Art on the River with Candice Caldwell Day
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Candice Caldwell Day is an innovative fine art tattoo artist and is based in Sylva NC at Parlor & Co Salon at her private studio. A native to North Carolina, she has been a...
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E22: Processing Trauma and Reclaiming Joy through Whitewater with Alissa Gardner
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Alissa Gardner is a mother of two, an ICU nurse in Western NC, and a long-time outdoors lover. She’s been whitewater kayaking for over 25 years and grew up paddling predominantly...
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E21: Raising a River Family with Jeremy Anderson
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Jeremy lives in Truckee, CA with her beloved husband of 30 years and her 2 teenage daughters. Her passion for nature brought her across the country and into the Sierras in 1999...
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E20: Who is Becca Ploener? with guest, Nicky Murphy
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Becca Ploener is a whitewater kayak instructor and authenticity coach based out of Asheville, NC. She works with folks who are feeling burntout, tired, and like they have NO TIME...
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E19: Why Community is So Important with Ladies of the Whitewater Creator, Andrea Newton
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Andrea Newton started the Ladies of the Whitewater Community Group on Facebook. Originally the idea stemmed from a conversation about menstrual cycles on multi-day river trips....
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E18: Hookup Culture and Sex Positivity in Whitewater with Brie Goodman
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Brie Goodman seamlessly blends her roles as a public health nurse and a retired professional raft guide. Her years in Glacier National Park as a whitewater rafting guide have...
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E17: Embodiment and healing through whitewater with Massage Therapist, Christina Cunningham
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Christina Cunningham is a trauma sensitive massage therapist & coach with 25 years of experience in the field of embodied spirituality. She was compelled to start her own...
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