Let's talk Raft Race - after 30+ years

Feb 24

Quite amazing what wonderful memories (and stories) many of us have. I'm setting up this blog today as a venue for us all to share and enjoy. If you have old pics, video, or just great memories of the historic ole paddle, we'd love for you to share.

Recently i converted our old film and slides to jpeg images. I'll be sharing here from time to time. Here's one of my fav's. If you know either of these two "racers", be sure to let me/them know. I think they deserve one of the original Raft Race pins that i found in an old box the other day.

Robin Wade

Robin Wade Furniture is a celebration of nature—a melding of a forward thinking commitment to the environment and a quiet, harmonious design aesthetic. From his "slow studio" in North Alabama, award-winning wood artist Robin Wade designs and crafts one-of-a-kind handmade furniture. Years before a piece is ready to enter a client's home or a gallery, the process begins—naturally—with the tree. Sustainably harvested, each specimen of hardwood is flitch sawn into natural-edge wood slabs, debarked by hand with a draw knife, and stacked to dry, usually for years, before the final cure in the kiln. From here, Wade and his team use both hand and power tools to bring Wade's vision to life, and then finish each piece with a hand-rubbed oil blend. Each organic furniture creation by Robin Wade Furniture balances the raw, natural beauty of environmentally, locally sourced hardwoods with minimally invasive, clean lines—a juxtaposition Wade calls both rustic and modern. “I haven’t yet found a better artist than nature,” he says.

robinwadefurniture.com

Let's talk Raft Race - after 30+ years

Re-recorded raft race song from the early 80's.