Membership Chair Bio:

Name:  Doug

Boat(s) I paddle:  Dagger Nomad, Dagger Mamba, WaveSport Project X56 and a 2015 Jackson Fun

Favorite place to paddle:  In a river with water

Favorite color:  Red

Favorite CCC Event:  Week of Rivers

Favorite thing about CCC:  Going on paddling trips with great people

What I do when I am not paddling:  Think about paddling and making paddling videos for my YouTube Channel

Favorite offseason activity:  There is an offseason?

Hi I'm Joe Berry, cruise chair of the CCC!

My first paddling trip was a overnighter in 1972 on the New River. Tandem with my father Tom Berry ( Cruise chair way back when) taught me to paddle on the left and to become a C1 paddler! 

Bought my first C1 when I was 13. It was a old John Berry design and was about 70cm wide. No need to learn to roll because you just could not turn it over. First solo trip was on the Mayo. Now you know why the MMRT is my heart and soul.

 
   

Bob Brueckner, Conservation Chair

I joined the Carolina Canoe Club at Week of Rivers in 1987. After five swims on the Nantahala in one day, trip leader Bob Harvey turned to me and suggested that I might want to try paddling the Tuckasegee because the water was a lot warmer. Despite my inability to remain upright, I continued to paddle.