Eric Stiller
Encyclopedia
Eric Stiller is an author and kayak
er based in New York
, USA
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Eric Stiller is the co-founder of a Manhattan Kayak Company (located at Pier 66
) 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.
Dieter Stiller, his father, introduced the Klepper folding kayak
to the United States.
Kayak
A kayak is a small, relatively narrow, human-powered boat primarily designed to be manually propelled by means of a double blade paddle.The traditional kayak has a covered deck and one or more cockpits, each seating one paddler...
er based in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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Eric Stiller is the co-founder of a Manhattan Kayak Company (located at Pier 66
Pier 66
North River Pier 66 is a public boat house in Manhattan, New York, USA, located at 26th Street on the Hudson River.New York River Sports, located at Pier 66, comprises Hudson River Community Sailing, NY Kayak Polo, Manhattan Kayak Company and New York Outrigger who all share the facility.- External...
) 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
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. The trip ended in failure roughly a third of the way through, with both men giving up after months of hardship.
Dieter Stiller, his father, introduced the Klepper folding kayak
Folding kayak
A folding kayak is a direct descendant of the original Inuit kayak made of animal skins stretched over frames made from wood and bones. A modern folder has a collapsible frame made of some combination of wood, aluminium and plastic, and a skin made of a tough fabric with a waterproof coating...
to the United States.