Planet Roger

New England Sales and Paddling Trip

The week of 9/8-9/13 saw the annual pilgrimage to the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic EORA Regional Trade show . On the drive up, I made a pit stop in Brooklyn and ...

Rasler Run Covert Op

Last week, I got an email concerning some potential illegal activity on this class V (although rarely runnable) tributary of Indian Creek. Indian Creek is a major Youghiogheny River trib ...

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IR Staff Sea Kayak Commute

How do you get to work? We here at IR have all kinds of fun ways to get to work that don’t involve fossil fuels. There are the traditional methods ...

Roger as a Rafting Custie

This Fourth of July weekend took quite an interesting turn when I headed up to Fort Collins on Thursday the third. I was out in Colorado for a friend’s wedding ...

Jersey Paddler (-ing) and the Statue of Liberty

This past weekend saw the travelling circus that is the early spring paddling season land in central New Jersey. After a very successful Paddlesports show, I headed up to the ...

European Vacation

“Look kids: Big Ben, Parliament” After the trade show in England, I met up with my girlfriend in Germany to visit some old friends and family. Sightseeing in Germany in ...

Wisconsin is cold, very cold

The US retail paddlesports season is traditionally kicked off by Rutabaga’s Canoecopia show in early March. I just got back from this show, and with nighttime temps in the minuses ...

IR and Shakespeare

I realize that this may be quite the stretch, but I promise to be able to tie the two together. On February 13th, I flew over to England to attend ...