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

There are just a few spots left in our summer 2012 whitewater guide school so get your application in prontissimo if you want join us!  This year, as always, we’ll cover all the basics of running a professional whitewater rafting […]

Are you ready to bail on Google, Tesla, or whatever other boring ol’ job you have and come get a taste of the real cutting edge?  Sign up for our professionial whitewater guide school and learn all kinds of new […]

Taking the idea of rafting in the summer and hitting the slopes in the winter to a whole new level………………here are AO rafting guide  Brandon (and Company)  experiencing the snowy Sierra in classic Mason style!

Put off your Shoot the (Tunnel) Chute plans no longer! No time to waste because after October 1st there won’t be any water on the Middle Fork.  Well, there will be enough for fish and such, and enough for the […]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0Dkl1E8zz0[/youtube] Just for fun, here’s a hilarious new video from the foam boater movie guy!  Don’t worry, no actual club boaters were harmed in the making of this video (all footage was donated–yay for people who have a sense of […]

If I had to pick a river that gives me butterflies every time I hear its name… brings back memories of high sides, steep drops, twisty technical turns, and quite the adrenaline rush, it would be the North Fork Stanislaus. Oh what a […]

Our 2011 whitewater guide school starts next week!  We’ve had a record number of applicants this year (we actually have a waiting list!  What are we, the Ivy Leagues??!!) and are super excited to meet everyone when they arrive.  We have folks […]

Last week as the water began to climb on the Tuolumne River we scheduled a day of training and drills for our advanced river guides to polish up their skills and get ready for the *Big Stuff* A good time […]

When I logged on to my computer this morning my own blog interface took one look at me and said “who are you?  ain’t seen you before!”  I rolled my eyes and said “oh give me a break, you’re mine, and […]

Just for fun/wasting time/inspiration when you head up to Tahoe (instructions not included, I assume your mother raised you with a sense of your own limits): [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDyYToVPiYQ&feature=player_embedded#![/youtube]