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'''Eric Stiller''' is an author and |
'''Eric Stiller''' is an author and watersports entrepreneur based in [[New York City]], [[United States|USA]]. |
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Stiller founded [[Manhattan Kayak Company]] in 1995 to train and guide kayakers on Manhattan’s Hudson River. David Lee Roth of Van Halen was its first customer. The operation was originally located at Chelsea Piers Sports Center and later inside of the Frying Pan, which was moored on Pier 66a. It expanded to Hudson River Park Pier 66 in 2007 and then to [[Hudson_River_Park#Pier_84|Hudson River Pier 84]] in 2013. Stiller has since added stand-up paddle boarding, surf skiing, and outrigger canoeing to the operation. |
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Eric Stiller is the co-founder of the [[Manhattan Kayak Company]] (located at [[Hudson River Pier 84]]) in 1995 and author of ''Keep Australia on Your Left'' (ISBN 0-312-87459-6), the story of an attempt by Tony Brown and Stiller to kayak all the way around [[Australia]]. The trip ended in failure roughly a third of the way through, with both men giving up after months of hardship. |
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Stiller is the author of ''Keep Australia on Your Left'' ({{ISBN|0-312-87459-6}}), the story of an attempt by Tony Brown and Stiller to kayak sail all the way around [[Australia]]. The trip lasted for four months and about 4,000 miles from Sydney to Darwin, including the first unescorted kayak crossing of the Gulf of Carpentaria. Stiller bicycled to complete the journey without Brown from Darwin to Melbourne. |
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Latest revision as of 00:10, 10 November 2020
Eric Stiller is an author and watersports entrepreneur based in New York City, USA.
Stiller founded Manhattan Kayak Company in 1995 to train and guide kayakers on Manhattan’s Hudson River. David Lee Roth of Van Halen was its first customer. The operation was originally located at Chelsea Piers Sports Center and later inside of the Frying Pan, which was moored on Pier 66a. It expanded to Hudson River Park Pier 66 in 2007 and then to Hudson River Pier 84 in 2013. Stiller has since added stand-up paddle boarding, surf skiing, and outrigger canoeing to the operation.
Stiller is the author of Keep Australia on Your Left (ISBN 0-312-87459-6), the story of an attempt by Tony Brown and Stiller to kayak sail all the way around Australia. The trip lasted for four months and about 4,000 miles from Sydney to Darwin, including the first unescorted kayak crossing of the Gulf of Carpentaria. Stiller bicycled to complete the journey without Brown from Darwin to Melbourne.
Dieter Stiller, his father, introduced the Klepper folding kayak to the United States. Stiller sold Klepper kayaks at his father’s shop located in New York’s Union Square West neighborhood.
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