Shaun has been a raft guide for over 15 years. He is a checked out guide on the Chatooga, Pigeon, Ocoee, and the Nantahala. He is currently certified in First Aid and CPR. He also has an OSHA 40 certification.

"As an 8th generation Hillbilly from Tennessee, I used to skip school after heavy rains and tube down The Jacks, Conasauga, Hiwasee River, and many other creeks. Don't tell momma. Knowing what I know now, we weren't real smart. But we was tough. We had to be. Parental supervision ain't like what it is these days. I was 16 when the '96 Olympics came to the Ocoee River. I grew up there. Momma still lives there. Got me a job selling cokes to foreigners during those summer games. After many years of reflection and 8 years spent in Hawaii with a different type of whitewater, my appreciation of being home rafting in the App-uh-latch-uh side of Tennesee with Big Creek Expeditions, gives me the same feeling it did when i was a little grom. Stay young - go rafting" - Shaun.