EDDY OUT

Joining us for this conversation is Emily Ambrose, Maria Blevins, and Alexa Speilhagen. They are 3 (of many) consultants and collaborative members who help make up the Team at A-Dash Collaborative.

A-DASH is an acronym which stands for Anti-Discrimination and Sexual Harassment. A-Dash supports leaders, individuals and managers interested in changing the culture and conversation around sexual harassment in the outdoors where employees and customers live, work and play.

Meet Charlie MacArthur. Charlie captivates our audience with his story, his excitement for the river and his endless passion for teaching. I wanted to get him on the podcast as a tribute to being one of my mentors over the years in Stand Up Paddling and River Surfing here in the West.

Hosted by Natali Zollinger

Mike talks about his life, his passions, his professional career at American Rivers and more. We talk about how to get involved with your local waterways and Mike generously offers his email to those that are ready to take action but just don’t know where to start.

BIG NEWS...We are now on PATREON! If you like what you're hearing you can now donate to the podcast!

Brittany and Natali are back together again talking about their 2021 plans and new collaborations with WhitewaterTV! Also, if you listen in, we make a BIG announcement about a new event we're offering this summer! Enjoy!

Also...We are officially now on PATREON! If you like what you're hearing you can now donate to the podcast!

Meet Antoinette Lee Toscano and Lily Durkee. Co-founders of Diversify Whitewater, a non-profit organization based out of Colorado with a mission to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in whitewater kayaking, stand up paddling, rafting, and river surfing for Black, Indigenous, and People Of Color (BIPOC).

Dan Camp of the CAMPING OUT Podcast, interviews Brittany and Natali of the EDDY OUT PODCAST.

Juliet and Kelly Starrett live in San Francisco and are the founders of The Ready State. On top of being badasses in the workspace, they both share a common passion for the river.

In this episode they pay tribute to their river communities, those special sliding door moments that made them into the people they are today and the greatest lessons learned growing up around the river.

Shannon Thomas is the co-founder and owner of Surf Dayton, a stand up paddle and river surfing instructional business based out of Dayton, OH. In this episode we talk about some of the hardships in owning your own instructional business as well as how fulfilling teaching river surfing can be. Shannon also offers some advice to those looking to start their own instructional business.

Mike Harvey is a whitewater park engineer and Badfish co-founder. In today's episode we talk all about whitewater parks. We get into the details of how a whitewater park is built, the pressures of building whitewater parks, how parks impact communities and the environment. Mike also offers advice to those thinking they want to get into wave engineering and to those looking to get a whitewater park built in their town or city.

Brooke Hess is a full-time master's student, part-time professional kayaker, part-time rock climber, and full-time dirtbag. We talk about the impacts of our injuries on our life goals and our perspectives on what is important to us. Keeping waves a secret. Going from being in our prime physically in our sport to going back to school. FOMO. Concussions and brain injury recovery processes. Losing some of our competitive drive and healthy transitions. Confidence building. Inclusivity. Harry Potter. We even talk a little bit about river surfing and safety.