Welcome to the second installment of BOTE’s Beneath The Surface Podcast. Corey and Sean will discuss the unprecedented, foolish, yet trip-of-a-lifetime through the Florida Everglades.

Second Only to the Amazon: SUP the State - Part 3 The Clinch River is the most bio-diverse in the northern hemisphere – second in the world only to the Amazon river for the greatest concentration of rare and imperiled freshwater animals. Rare freshwater mussels and endangered fish can be found in the clear Appalachian waterway, which is also considered one of America’s premiere trout streams. Should you want to explore by paddle board, you’ll find 50 miles of smooth, slow-moving Class I water. Expect to see miles of uninterrupted old-growth forest, rising distant mountains, wooded ridges and pastures along...

36°32’27.1”N, 83°37’53.7”W: SUP the State - Part 2 Launch points into the Powell River are so remote, the locations are given by GPS coordinates. Steep, one-way gravel roads and unmarked grassy slopes under a bridge are the norm, and you can go 20 miles on your paddle board without seeing another soul. As one of the finest remote float streams in Tennessee, the Powell flows through sparsely populated Appalachian forest, providing habitat for about 100 species of fish, 30 varieties of freshwater mussels, birds, turtles, plants and animals such as beaver and river otter. It’s also known for smallmouth and...