SUPPAUL Podcast

In this SUPPAUL Podcast episode, we go to Hood River to talk with T.J. Gulizia. An avid river paddler and wind sport enthusiast, T.J. talks with us about life in the Gorge and his background as an outdoor athlete. He also gives us some insight on how his retail store, Big Winds, is adjusting to over a month of being shuttered because of the coronavirus quarantine.

https://bigwinds.com

In this episode, we talk with Tim Thornton. He owns River Drifters, a whitewater rafting outfitter based near Hood River offering commercial rafting trips on some of my favorite rivers in Oregon and Washington.

We'll get his perspective on river SUP as well as his predictions for commercial raft guiding this summer.

He's one of the better river SUP paddlers I know. And does it "for the love of the paddle," as I call it, rather than social media fame or brand affiliation.

http://riverdrifters.net

In this episode we have a conversation with Reta Boychuk. You will here here smile, and her laugh, and her genuine love for river adventures, as well as her enthusiasm for getting people to explore amazing landscapes with her.

Enjoy

www.retasups.com

In this episode, I describe my experiences travelling to Tennessee from Oregon during a quarantine. Empty airports, confrontational southern accents, and going to a funeral viewing with no social distancing.

Like a scene from the 1983 movie Night of the Comet, the Portland airport was a ghost town.

Is the US in an intellectual civil war? Why is even a global pandemic merely political partisanship?

In this episode we talk with Ian Smith, owner of Surfs Up Adventures and First Waves. Both of these are some of the earliest outfitting and instruction for river paddle boarding in the US. Ian has focused on safety and adventure, as well as creativity, introducing the river to many people who may otherwise not have appreciated moving water.

Check out what he is up to: https://www.surfsupadventures.com and https://www.firstwaves.org

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Cheers!

In this episode, we have a conversation with adventure paddle boarder, Robyn Bell aka Robyn In The Rockies (on Instagram).

When not skiing, climbing, running rivers on a SUP board, she's trip planning and looking for more places to explore. Her home is decorated with maps and gear hangs from the walls like art work.

It was great to get an insight into her background as an athlete.

Enjoy.

www.suppaul.com/podcast

In this brief episode, we celebrate 30 days in quarantine. Thirty days of frustration and bewilderment. During a global pandemic, the world is burning with a health crisis and socio-economic catastrophe.

But there are signs we may be tip toeing to a brighter future. There are signs that the worst is over, for now. At least the first wave of this thing.

Over the past 30 days I have begun a podcast. Never had I been interested in podcasts. But it's a new day and I have new interests.

And my new interest is to listen better. To appreciate what others have to say, to hear their perspective. But not to be completely flattened by political division, I look for international voices. Voices of leadership that in many ways is absent in the US.

In this episode, we have a conversation with James Martin, CEO of Copa Di Vino. During the coronvirus pandemic and subsequent quarantine, Copa as well as his other business ventures are on hold. As is his dream project called Eturnity which is a reusable bottle platform intended to save the planet through tech enabled business solutions by reducing carbon gasses and plastic waste.

Many questions remain as to the future of the crisis and its aftermath.

James sat down with me at his Sunshine Mills winery in the Dalles, Oregon to talk about his decision to shut business down to help prevent the spread of the virus.

http://www.copadivino.com/

In this episode, we talk with photographer Jill Rosell. Raised in New Zealand she lives in Bend, Oregon raising her children and working as a portrait photographer.

I reached out to her to hear her perspective of working as a professional creative during a quarantine.

Visit her site @ www.jillrosellphotography.com and her numerous Facebook Pages.

Enjoy the episode.

Two weeks into this thing.

In this episode we remind each other to stay connected. Reach out to those loved ones you haven't talked with in a while. Take advantage of this time to reflect on the things that matter and give us meaning.

Be well, stay healthy and sane. And reach out to me. Would love to hear how you are doing.

Watch the YouTube episode I published this weekend here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fbq4L4PTZY&t=70s