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Andy Hinton

Andy Hinton has been kayaking and guiding professionally for 20 years, paddling rivers from South Carolina to Alaska. But his home and heart are on the Chattooga River where he works as the River Manager for a commercial rafting company. When he is not on the water, Andy is compiling the lessons he has learned from the river and other guides into a rafting instructional manual that he hopes to publish in the next couple of years.

Guide School: Using Your Crew

July 25, 2018July 10, 202311 minute readby Andy Hinton

Guide School: Using Your Oars

July 16, 2018July 10, 202311 minute readby Andy Hinton

Guide School: Using Your Body

July 11, 2018July 10, 202313 minute readby Andy Hinton

Rhetoric of Raft Guiding

May 20, 2018June 19, 20188 minute readby Andy Hinton

Advanced Oar Rigging: Learning the Stern Pivot

January 14, 2017May 12, 20176 minute readby Andy Hinton

Guide Reflections on the Owyhee

November 3, 2016May 12, 20177 minute readby Andy Hinton

The Art of Reading Water

July 17, 2015October 17, 20176 minute readby Andy Hinton
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