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Boyd Ruppelt5'8" |
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Kayaking for me was a dream I had when I was just a tiny kid in front of the TV watching the Kayaking Olympics. It was a passion before I even got in a boat for the first time! I started kayaking at 8 years old in a borrowed pink Dancer XS. After house cleaning and doing yard work for my parents and grandparents I evenually paid for my own kayak, an EPI 1000 (for those that remember). I must have been the happiest kid in the world that day, with my own small kayak and into the greatest sport on the planet! At 15 or 16 years old a new friend got me into creeking and I fell in love all over again! Something about slides and waterfalls always brought an extra big grin to my face... becoming a passion like no other! Shortly after I picked up my first sponsors and later my girlfriend, Samantha Brunner, got into kayaking and photography. She drove me forward to go after my dream to kayak more and more! She showed me I could step it up and through her pictures, made kayaking professionally for me possible.. Now, at 22 years old and having paddled for over 14 years, I travel with Sam, having amazing "Kavu days" and good times with our friends on rivers all over the country! We take pictures and video of our adventures and work hard to thank the ones who make it possible, our family and our sponsors. Our focus is reaching out and helping others to enjoy life and living the way we do, with all the heart and soul we can muster! Aside from kayaking, I'm a full time pre-physical therapy student at the University of Memphis as a Biology Major concentrating in Microbiology & Molecular Cell Sciences, working hard to paddle as often as I can from here. More importantly I am all about living life to the fullest, leaving the most positive influence where I can along the way. I LOVE snowboarding, climbing, caving, backpacking, and more... usually anything outside, active, and with friends! My paddling philosophy in short:
Boyd's Recent JK ArticlesLa Plata Falls and the South Fork of the Rio Grande August 13, 2008 South Mineral Creek July 24, 2008 Ice Lakes Creek July 24, 2008 Cascades, Whiteoak, and lots of girls May 22, 2008 27th Annual Great Mississippi Canoe & Kayak Race May 06, 2008 Pine Creek Falls Video April 08, 2008 Hero testing on Cow Pie Falls :-) April 07, 2008 Jackson Kayak Raffle a HUGE success! March 19, 2008 Boyd sends in Rio Verde video December 19, 2007 Thanksgiving in Mexico November 27, 2007
Boyd's VideosRio Verde Teaser 14.1 MB Boyd Skydiving 8.4 MB Boyds CO Creeking Video 1 5.7 MB Boyd's CO Creeking Video 2 5.3 MB Boyd's CO Creeking Video 3 5.9 MB Boyds Creeking Video 9.8 MB
Sponsors:Jackson Kayak
Sites:
www.myspace.com/boydruppelt
2006 Exposure
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