Next Meeting
May Club Meeting
Event: May Club Meeting
Location: Flying Pie Pizza - 7804 SE Stark St, Portland, OR 97215
Website: http://www.flying-pie.com/locations/portland
Date: Wednesday, May 13th, 2026
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 8:15 p.m.
Schedule:
- 6:00 – 6:30 Social Time with Pizza
- 6:30 - 7:15 Club Business
- 7:15 - 8:15 Presentation
- 8:15 - 8:30 Clean-up
Speaker:
Sam Drevo
Director
Northwest River Guides LLC / eNRG Kayaking
Topic: Continuing the Legacy of the Pacuare River, Costa Rica
Speaker Bio:
Sam Drevo has been an OWA member since 2006 and has been leading the annual spring river safety workshop ever since to help club members stay sharp with their self assessment, practical, and technical river safety skills. He was a member of the US Canoe and Kayak Team for over a decade in five disciplines of the sport, and won the extreme kayak world championships in 2001 at the NBC Gorge Games. Sam also won a silver and bronze medal with Team USA at the 2016 world rafting championships in Abu Dhabi (where he last saw Rafa Gallo). Sam has spent two and a half decades teaching, stewarding rivers and exploring - over 49 international whitewater expeditions to 27 different countries. When he isn't traveling, Sam is busy teaching kayaking (kids camps) and running raft trips & kayak instruction based in Oregon City with Northwest River Guides / eNRG Kayaking. He also spreads the river stewardship ethic through his work with We Love Clean Rivers 501c3 (on the Clackamas, Willamette, N Santiam, Sandy, and Deschutes Rivers among others).
In Feb of 2022, Sam became a general partner in the acquisition of Rios Tropicales Pacuare River Lodge and 270 acres of deeded primary and secondary rainforest on one of the most pristine and scenic whitewater rivers in world according to National Geographic (along with three other general partners and 18 investors- including Callie and Ben Corrado of the OWA). The project was rebranded as Rios Lodge and through significant investment and hard work, Sam is proud to share the images and story of this incredible venture fortifying a completely off grid river lodge for the next generation. Take a visual trip with Sam to Costa Rica to see one of the most important biological corridors in Central America, and learn about the inspiring conservation legacy running through the heart of the project.
Description: Come on down, enjoy pizza, salad and refreshments with fellow boaters.
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