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   Mar 6, 2023 · For more information on NRS, visit nrs.com, email the company at service@nrs.com or call 877.677.4327. On March 5, 2023, Bill Parks, the founder and president of Northwest River Supplies (NRS) passed away peacefully of natural causes at St. Luke’s Hospital in Boise, Idaho at the age of 88.

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   Mar 6, 2023 · On March 5, 2023, Bill Parks, the founder and president of Northwest River Supplies (NRS) passed away peacefully of natural causes at St. Luke’s Hospital in Boise, Idaho, at the age of 88. He...

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   MOSCOW, IDAHO — On March 5, 2023, Bill Parks, the founder and president of Northwest River Supplies (NRS) passed away peacefully of natural causes at St. Luke’s Hospital in Boise, Idaho at the age of 88. NRS founder Bill Parks on the past and present of the half-century-old river supply company. | Feature photo: Courtesy NRS.

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   • MOSCOW, IDAHO — On March 5, 2023, Bill Parks, the founder and president of Northwest River Supplies (NRS) passed away peacefully of natural causes at St. Luke’s Hospital in Boise, Idaho at the age of 88. “It’s about the people at NRS now.” NRS released the following statement: “It is with profound sadness that we share news of Bill Parks’ passing.

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   How did Bill Parks start NRS?

   • Bill Parks started NRS with a print mail-order catalog, shipping gear from his garage. Bill Parks founded NRS in 1972, but even into his 80s, Parks was still running the company, and running rivers too. NRS has been one of the foremost brands in the paddle industry for decades.

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   What happened to Bill Parks?

   • Parks was shot through the rear window of his car with a semiautomatic handgun two months after White House Deputy Counsel Vince Foster died. He had been the head of security for Bill Clinton’s headquarters in Little Rock, Arkansas, during the former POTUS’ 1992 campaign and gubernatorial years.

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   Why did Bill Parks start a startup?

   • When an idealistic business professor named Bill Parks set out in 1972 to prove that the principles he taught in the classroom could work in the real world, he had no trouble deciding what kind of startup to launch. Bill was a river runner, and he wanted to help others enjoy the sport he’d come to love so much.

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   We work closely with national organizations and local groups throughout the world to help take care of our rivers, lakes and oceans. Learn about the history of Northwest River Supplies, from its founding by early whitewater river rafter Bill Parks to the current 100% employee-owned NRS.

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   Mar 7, 2023 · Geoff Crimmins/Daily News. Bill Parks, the founder of the Moscow-based Northwest River Supplies, died Sunday at St. Luke’s Hospital in Boise. Parks died at age 88 of natural causes. Subscribe...

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   Mar 6, 2023 · On March 5, 2023, Bill Parks, the founder and president of Northwest River Supplies (NRS), passed away peacefully of natural causes at St. Luke’s Hospital in Boise, Idaho, at the age of 88. Statement from NRS: “It is with heavy hearts filled with fond memories, laughter, love and respect that we inform you all of the passing of Bill Parks.

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    Mar 6, 2023 · March 6, 2023. The rafting and boating world lost a legend this week with the passing of Bill Parks, the founder of Northwest River Supplies, which you’re probably more familiar with as “NRS”. Bill founded the company in 1972 in Moscow, Idaho working out of his garage in the earliest days of the company.