TEAM NOC

Relationship Status:

It's Complicated

About Me:

Team NOC is a group of dedicated paddlers headquartered in the Nantahala Gorge in Western North Carolina. We have operations on the Ocoee, Chatooga, French Broad, Pigeon, Nolichucky, Cheoah, New (WV), and Gauley.

Most of us work, live, and play here at Nantahala Outdoor Center. We love to paddle, bike, hike, camp, climb, run, and enjoy the outdoors in various ways. We live on and around the NOC Campus which includes an Outfitter's Store, Bike Shop, 3 Restaurants, a General Store, Rafting Center, Kayak Instruction, and Ropes Course.

Paddling:

River Running, Creeking, Wild Water, Slalom, Freestyle

Favorite Rivers:

Nantahala, Ocoee, Chatooga, Cheoah, Green, Raven's Fork

Boats:

Almost Everything and Ever Changing

Other Activities:

Mountain Biking
Road Biking
Climbing
Hiking
Camping
Fishing

Music:

Liz Petty & The Nance Man Chronicles
Kerby Worley featuring Recreational Darwinism
Zach Thomason & Other Peoples Britches
Daniel Dutton & The Water Cooties
Fawn Staton with Fired By Cyber-Hookers
Art DeBenigno featuring Luke I'm Your God Father
Marilyn Reid's Dance Explosion
Paige (Christie) Against the Machine

Movies:

7 Rivers, Paddle Snake, LVM, Night Of The Living Donkey, Toxic Waters, Into the Tsango Po Gorge, Kayaker's Toolbox, Steve Fischer's Black Book, E.J.'s Playboating, Whitewater Kayaking by Ken Whiting. Tom Foster's Open Whitewater Canoeing, Yoga For Paddlers, Whitewater Kayaking for Women, Wethouse, Adventures of Johnny Utah, Here and Now, b.East, All About Kayking

Books:

NC Rivers and Creeks--Leland Davis, Laugh Of The Water Nymph--Doug Ammons, Wherever Water Flows--Doug Woodward, Whitewater Classics--Tyler Williams, History of Whitewater Paddling in Western NC--Will Leverette

Website:

http://store.noc.com/store/