Before becoming a world-famed cartoonist, he began
drawing river maps of the more popular rivers in the southeast U.S
using his now hall-mark cartoonist style. William is perhaps best-known
internationally for his groundbreaking book, Kayak: A manual of
Technique (translated into five languages), which combined expert
paddling instruction along with artful caricatures and parodies
of the whitewater enthusiasts themselves. He captured the essence
of whitewater paddling and whitewater paddlers. The quality of his
work transcends its subject.
Advocate Accomplishments:
- Produced river maps during the 1970’s and 1980’s
for rivers including the Gauley, New, Upper Chattahoochee, Yough,
Nolichucky, French Broad, Arkansas, and other rivers.
- Author/Illustrator of Whitewater Home Companion, Kayaks
to Hell, Whitewater: Tales of Terror, Kayak: A Manual of Technique,
and Kayak: the Animated Manual of Intermediate and Advanced
Whitewater Technique
- Illustrator-Artist for The Squirt Book: the Illustrated
Manual of Squirt Kayaking Technique (1997) and Squirt
Boating & Beyond: How to Rip in Anything That Squirts (2001),
both written by Jim Snyder
Other Accomplishments:
- Co-founder of Menasha Ridge Press, a publishing company promoting
outdoor books, including river guides
- Author/Illustrator of The Mountain Bike Way of Knowledge,
a manual on riding technique in the style of his whitewater books
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