Friends. That's what boating is really all about. The people we paddle with become some of our closest friends, and often our lives are in their hands. The creekers I paddle with regularly all have the requisite good judgement and cool nerve that is so essential when everything goes wrong. For me, anything less just isn't acceptable.

So here they are: a few of the Usual Suspects...


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