The 'AO Weekly: Company News and Entertaining Stories' Category Archive

There is still room on our annual trek to South America–join us this January on the fabulous Fu! The Futaleufu is truly a world-class river trip: turquoise, high-volumne water, an alpine canyon, and astonishing mountain views.   Add to that free-flowin’ […]

Drum roll please!  We just set the dates for our 2011 California white water rafting guide school so those of you who have a hankering for rafting 24/7 next summer, take note.  We’ll be welcoming students at our professional rafting […]

Talk about self promotion that has nothing to do with white water rafting.  Sheesh.  Who posted those pictures of Danny and Malina’s wedding on the AO rafting facebook page?  Who are these people and why are they on this site??  I […]

How’s this for a biathlon of fun?  Come up for an American River rafting trip this Saturday, have a tasty dinner at Marco’s Pizza or Cafe Mahjaic (well, eat where you want, I’m just giving a little advice as a […]

For many of us, the connection to California’s watersheds, rivers and streams is shaky at best–it’s hard to even understand how the water that comes out of your San Francisco kitchen faucet is connected to the Tuolumne River, or the […]

AO food manager Brandan welcomed baby Trent  this past winter and he has become a regular sight around the office.  Here he is stylin’ out in his AO onesie!   If he keeps growing and smiling like he  is this summer, this […]

Now that the weather has cooperated and it is officially Summer (yay!!!!) you might need a reminder of what to wear for your rafting adventure. So here are the hot weather basics… Sun Hat: big brimmed, little brimmed, visor or […]

It’s official! Cherry Creek is open for business.  After a series of training trips we had our first commercial trip of the season on Sunday and although I wasn’t there (I am not allowed), I have heard a story or […]

Just a quick shout out to my lovely ladies Tessa and Brooke for covering my newly-married booty on this here blog while I was busy getting married last weekend!  Yes, this pasty white office chick (see phototographic proof, on the […]

AO rafting is on primetime, streaming into millions of people’s homes TONIGHT!  You can’t escape us–we are coming over for dinner and sittin’ down on your couch. Well not really.  But Animal Planet’s series Whale Wars starts tonight and our […]