2017 brought a\u00a0completely new line of standup paddleboards. We reinvented the drybags, which we invented in the first place. We joked about the best way to wear a cocktail dress made of NRS straps and we poked fun of all the reasons we wouldn’t go multi-day rafting. Oh yeah, and we sat down with former President Jimmy Carter to chat about the importance of wild and scenic rivers. To say it was a big year would be an understatement. But I guess we always say that. Cheers to another year. We can only imagine what we’ll think up to best ourselves in 2018.<\/p>\n
The Wild President |<\/strong>\u00a0President Jimmy Carter grew up in awe of nature\u2019s wonder. But it wasn\u2019t until he first paddled the Chattooga River that he understood the power and majesty of a wild, free-flowing stream.\u00a0The Wild President<\/em>\u00a0tells the story of Carter\u2019s pioneering tandem-canoe descent of Bull Sluice Rapid and how the experience transformed his life and politics. In 1974, Carter successfully pushed to designate 57 miles of the Chattooga as Wild & Scenic, permanently protecting it from development and dams.<\/p>\n