In 2009, Team River Runner introduced Kayak Football to the veterans and volunteers in our chapter system. Kayak Football is a competition that combines elements of Kayaking, American Football and ultimate frisbee. Fast paced and competitive, veterans love the game. In fact, a kayak football game (and kayak polo) are the last activities…
TRR Team Member Travis Strong Sets 8 Tuff Miles Record
Travis Strong, Eric Guzman and Kate Farrington represented Team River Runner in the 2017 8 Tuff Miles race on St John the Last weekend in February. The 8 Tuff miles race is a difficult course with high elevations, the highest elevation of the course being 999 feet. Travis Strong Is…
Ninkasi Brewing Believer Campaign: Team River Runner Spotlight
Read our spotlight on the Ninkasi Blog where we talk a little bit about TRR and answer some campaign related questions! Snippet: 3. If your organization turned into a Ninkasi beer, what beer would it be and why? TRR would definitely be the Believer Double Red Ale, not because we…
TRR Shepherd Chapter Veterans give back by teaching paddling
A huge part of the TRR program is training our Veterans to make a difference in their own communities. Team River Runner-Shepherd is doing incredible job. They have partnered with Eastern Panhandle Indigo Children (E.P.I.C) to teach kayaking to children with autism. Tracy, the Shepherd chapter coordinator explains why this…
Mike Bezemek paddles with TRR
Mike Bezemek paddles with TRR on the Buffalo river and shares his experiences. “I’d wanted to volunteer with TRR for years. But I never made it happen. I was always busy with writing and teaching obligations or away on a trip. While writing Paddling the Ozarks, I decided to stay…
TRR San Diego Fundraiser!
One of TRR’s oldest Chapter is in San Diego, California. This year, the San Diego TRR Chapter will be taking it’s annual Pints and Paddles for a Cause event and adding a Chaotic Kayak Race to it’s day on the water. This fun paddling event is carnage on the water!! The…
TRR South Alabama spreads our message of Health & Healing on Local 15
“With the summer Olympics in Rio in full swing, many athletes are competing in water sports like canoeing and kayaking. One organization called Team River Runner is hoping to bring that same experience to our wounded veterans right here in South Alabama. Team River Runner believes that every wounded and…
TRR Grand Junction featured in The Daily Sentinel
“There’s solitude on the Colorado River, and it’s being used to promote healing for military veterans. They describe the euphoric feeling of leaving their cares on the shoreline and letting themselves be absorbed into the natural surroundings, soothed by the sound of flowing water and distracted from the often overwhelming…
“The Five” Paddles with Team River Runner
Team River Runner Boise Chapter on KBOI2
“Payette River — The July “Pay It Forward” goes to a new non-profit that’s all wet. Team River Runner is a national organization that just established a Boise chapter last year. Its volunteers take wounded and disabled veterans, give them river equipment, train them on the water and then lead…