Meet Rudi Bega. He’s not your typical root vegetable. Besides his parents, we may be the only ones that know his real name. Unfiltered, passionate, funny, ridiculous. He’s following his own path in life and we’re glad it led him to River Dancers. He’s usually last to bed and last to rise. If you can […]

Meet Matt. He took guide school a few years ago and has been geeking out on rafting ever since. He’s done that river and this river. He’s got this cert and that cert. Yadda, yadda, yadda. He’s a class V dishwasher and that is all you need to know. You’ll love it if you find […]

We’d like to give Becca a hard time. That’s what river guides do. But she is too nice. And she is becoming the backbone of River Dancers. She runs the office, packs the food, loads the gear, cooks the meals, and guides the rafts. She does it all. She has her Wilderness First Responder and […]

Meet Kaylee. She’s one of those behind-the-scenes players – helping with food shopping and packing, hefting gear, prepping food on the river, making charcuterie art. Her passions are plants and skiing. While not pontificating about dandelions, look for her getting after those sick lines in Dunsmuir. Oh, she also guides a raft on occasion. Give […]

Don’t let his last name fool you. He’s not French. Though French Gulch was not far from his home town. He grew up in Lewiston. A small dot on a dot on the map of the Trinity River. This guy knows how to fish and we’ve never met anyone more passionate about Salmon and Steelhead […]

Jennifer is a teenager at heart and has the sleep patterns to prove it. Always smiling and positive, she is a great energy to have on a trip. She loves teenagers and has the personality to connect with them. Her passion is being a life coach. She designed the Whitewater Camp for teenagers trip and […]

If you see Casey carrying a large, sharp knife around town, don’t worry, he’s a sushi chef. You may even be blessed to have him make sushi on the river. He’s also always prepared for a tough boat repair. Casey is an exceptional and experienced river and mountain guide. He’s skied many of the Cascade […]

That’s his motto. Did we mention he owns a successful window washing business? He’s so busy with it that it is rare he gets on the river with us. But when he does, we’re stoked. You will be, too. He took whitewater school several years ago and for some odd reason, keeps coming back. He […]

Marty has been guiding rivers since time immemorial. He went out into the real world for a while to work as a family therapist. Probably with a pay cut. Now he is back helping our guides stay on track. We need it. He lets the river do the therapy now. He is the kindest person […]

Nick has been raft guiding since 1999. You may have seen him out on one of the many rivers of the west including the Animas, Snake, Skagit, Noosack, Cattooga, San Juan, and the Colorado through the Grand Canyon. He has also guided on all of our local classics including the Rogue, Klamath, Trinity, Sacramento, and […]