BOYD RUPPELT

Relationship Status:

In a Relationship

About Me:

My name is Boyd and I'm a 24 y/o B-licensed skydiver and professional whitewater kayaker, sponsored by Jackson Kayak, Keen, KAVU, H2O Audio, Zeal Optics, Freestyle Watches, Stohlquist WaterWare, Snap Dragon Designs, Werner Paddles, Grateful Heads Helmets, Gaia Paddlesports, and Nuun Hydration. When I'm not kayaking, in school, or working as a physical therapy tech, I'm having the time of my life with my friends at Skydive Alabama! :-) There's nothing quite like jumping out of a king air at 14000 ft with a bunch of friends for fun.

For more info on me and what I'm up too, Check out my website below!

Paddling:

River Running, Creeking, Freestyle

Favorite Rivers:

Upper Rio Sarapiqui Canyon, Rio Patria, South Mineral Creek, Big South CO, Green Narrows, Upper Big Creek, Nanti Cascades, Tallulah, etc...

Boats:

Allstar, Rocker, and Hero

Other Activities:

Sport Skydiving, ground launching, Snowboarding, rock climbing & bouldering, mountainboarding, caving, backpacking, mountainbiking, meditation, music, people, etc...

Music:

I love almost every kind of music. But to name a few artists I like:
Incubus, Silversun Pickups, Pinback, Dj tiesto, DJ Sammy, Moby, DJ Taucher, Tool, NIN, Saosin, DJ Tiesto, Grits, DJ Iglu & Hartley Dark, Sublime, Rehab, Biomecca, Akon, Sage Francis, Reggaetones, and plenty more...

Also, my brothers band, The Silent March, is getting some sweet stuff together so check them out on myspace! :-) (Thesilentmarchband)

Movies:

Stranger Than Fiction, Apocalypto, 300, Meet the Fockers, The Illusionist, the Matrix series, the Harry Potters, Out Cold, Super Troopers, Harold & Kumar, Without a Paddle, Pirates of the Caribbean movies, Hoodwinked, Borat, etc...

Also, Kayaking movies like Burning Time and Twitch V, etc...
ALSO check out "HOTEL CHARLEY Vol. II: RIVER OF DOUBT" by Clear H2O Films... Chapter III is our Costa Rica Trip!!! O yeah!

Books:

MY PHILOSOPHY IN SHORT:
Only when your love for life overcomes your fear of death can one truly experience the joy life has to offer! My goal is to live by that philosophy and to share it with the world and with everyone I meet. Change happens one person at a time, so smile big and embrace it. Life's not a journey to the grave, it's an adventure story in the writing! Get outside, be inpired, and inspire others

Good Things:

Fun, Adventure, friends, family, my BEAUTIFUL girlfriend Samantha, open-minded people, and anyone out to inspire and support the good in others.

Hateful Things:

egotistical people who think they're better than everyone else, ignorance, and closed-mindedness (is that a word?) haha

Website:

http://www.loopd.com/Members/BoydRuppelt/Home.aspx