Partners and Affiliates

We are currently seeking individual and corporate Sponsors for our Expedition. Potential partnerships: - Cell/ Multi Media Providers- Local Celebrity Guests - Outdoor Gear/ Sports Equipment -Food- Voodoo Fest: Concert Interaction/ Closing Ceremonies involvement.

For Partnership Opportunities or Questions: Contact: Kevin Lilly Founder - Team Blue Captain m - 770.401.6410 e - klilly@whataboutblue.com. For gear sponsorship contact: Danielle Katz m-213-220-3686 e-whataboutblueteam@gmail.com

Hurricane Kayaks will be providing us with their exceptional boats for our long journey!

Mountain Hardware is providing us with tents and sleeping bags for the three months of camping ahead. After our long days on the water, these will be our home away from home.

Short of a boat, no piece of equipment is more important than our paddles to help us down the river. Bending Branches and Aquabound have generously supplied us with paddles for our three month journey.

Kokatat has generously supplied us with their excellent apparel to keep us comfortable on the water whether it's blazing hot or pouring rain. It's gear designed for paddling by paddlers.

In order to help our paddlers keep their stuff dry and sleep well, Pacific Outdoor Equipment is donating drybags and sleeping pads to the cause!

Snap Dragon Designs will be supplying Team Blue with sprayskirts! Snap Dragon simply makes the best sprayskirts out there, and ours will serve us well all the way to the gulf.

Gaia Sports Supports Team Blue! One of the greatest challenges of a four month river trip is keeping our stuff dry. To this end, Gaia Sports has generously supplied us with their drybags. Not only does Gaia make excellent equipment, but all their drybags are PVC free, making them a green (or should we say blue?) company.

Patagonia just sent us a big box of clothes to cover us on and off the water.

GoPro is supplying us with camera's to capture our on the water footage, so that you can follow our journey paddle stroke by paddle stroke. They make the best wearable digital camera for sports on the market today and we're thrilled to have them on board with us (literally) as we travel downstream!

As we Redefine our Limits, Explore our Habitat and Go Native on this expedition, it serves us well that Native Eyewear will be protecting our retinas from damage during our long days on the water and keeping us stylish on and off the river!

Everyone knows that electronics and water don't mix. To keep our equipment dry so we can keep you updated with our progress, Otter Box is supplying us with their waterproof cases.

Macro Life Naturals is providing us with their energy bars and drink mixes. These will be the fuel for our engines for three months of paddling!

Icom sets the standard for communication systems and has donated a VHF Marine Radio to help keep us stay in the loop with the weather and the Coast Guard.

JSI donated a Spot for our journey, so that you can not only know where we are every step of the way, but we can send out distress signals if we're in need.

Rite in the Rain is providing us with their great journals and pens in order for us to keep track of every little adventure we have in every weather condition we may come across

Pure Bars is supplying us with their delightful organic, raw, and gluten-free bars to keep our hunger at bay!

Yoga Tune-Up has donated Yoga Tune-Up Therapy Balls to help the team get the kinks out and relieve their aching muscles on their journey.

We have also partnered with Leopard Forest Coffee Company, who will donate 50% of each sold bag of their Blue Coffee Blend to What About Blue!

TAMPA BAY PARTNERS: Our Local Tampa Bay Kayak sponsor- Osprey Bay. Tony Metas, owner of Golds Gym in St. Petersburg, FL has donated personal training sessions for Kevin to use before he goes on the trip. Thank you Tony and Tracy...

BAY AREA PARTNERS: Sea Trek is our Local Bay Area Ocean Kayaking Center. Our gratitude for their generosity and assistance is unyielding. Thank you Bob, Mitch, Steve, and Andy for all your help!

LOS ANGELES PARTNERS: UCLA Marina Aquatic Center Thank you to Erinn, Nora, and the MAC staff for their support!