• 479-435-8774
  • riverbankproducts@gmail.com
Facebook-f Instagram

Category: Uncategorized

Uncategorized

Filming Wounded Warriors

Jan 11, 2014 by Riverbank Products 0 Comments

TP Outdoors AdventuresDeerapocolypse logoI’ve had the oppertunity to work on some awesome stuff lately for the T.P. Outdoors Adventures TV Show. I’ve been filming some hunts with those guys for Wounded Warriors. Helping people has always been one of my main focuses in life, but these wounded warriors are some special people who really deserve it.

Just being a part of this, I’ve kinda been on a high now for the last few weeks since we first started filming. It’s just really incredible. Not what I’ve done. It’s not about me, but about being with these guys. Hearing their stories while sitting around the camp fire or in the blind.

One of the first things you notice is the camaraderie between these guys. They are truly like close brothers. (I guess you bond pretty quick when the enemy starts shooting at you.) Then you notice how…”beat down” doesn’t quite seem like the right phrase, but how even though they have scars, both emotional and physical, they are eager to get back to normal. Yet there is no normal anymore. You can’t take away the pain that they have, the things they have seen, the things they’ve endured. You can only share your normal and the things you love with them. For me, that’s the outdoors and Christ’s love for us.

Over the course of these events, There seems to be a legitimate healing that takes place. One guy stated that he didn’t really get very excited about anything anymore since coming home, but he sure got excited when there was an 11 point buck standing in front of him. I heard one person mention “this is what we were fighting for. There are good americans here at home. We’re protecting them and this way of life.”

It’s a little hard to think about someone protecting our hunting rights and our second amendment rights while fighting in another country. But the reality is the enemy hates our way of life.

To some degree, I’ve taken hunting for granted. I’ve hunted since I was about 5 years old. It’s hard to imagine that these guys have been fighting for us to have the opportunity to hunt. To watch the sun rise in a free country.

The outdoors is a connection that we share with these guys. It’s something that we both love. Being able to capture that, Bottle it up, and put it in a video to share with others is an amazing experience. I’m privileged to be a part of it.

The first episode aired on KNOE and KAQY last weekend. If you missed it, you won’t want to miss it again this weekend or for the next few weekends. You’ll see some of these patriots hunting and having a good time with their closest buddies.

Events, Frog Giggin, Press Release, Uncategorized

Muscular Dystrophy Association and Riverbank Products Team Up for the Frog Giggin’ Tournament Series Championship in Farmerville, LA

Jul 15, 2013 by Riverbank Products 0 Comments

Muscular Dystrophy Association and Riverbank Products Team Up for the Frog Giggin’ Tournament Series Championship in Farmerville, LA

 

(El Dorado, AR) July 15, 2013 – The Frog Giggin’ Tournament Series by Riverbank Products is winding down its second year, but it’s not ending without a bang.  Riverbank Products has teamed up with the Muscular Dystrophy Association to host the 2013 Frog Giggin Tournament Series Championship Tournament August 23rd and 24th in Farmerville, LA.

 

Riverbank Products created the Frog Giggin Tournament Series in 2012 as a way to get people outdoors together, while having good, competitive fun.  The company makes and sells a variety of sporting goods products and promotes the events in small towns across the south.

 

“Frog Giggin is near and dear to my heart because, like many kids in the south, I got my start in the outdoors frog giggin with my dad at a young age,” said Chris Porter – owner of Riverbank Products. “When I learned that there are over 400 families in the north Louisiana, South Arkansas region living with Muscular Dystrophy, I thought, what a great partnership this could be.  These kids need to be given the opportunity to experience the outdoors in a fun environment.  What better way to end the season than to get these kids and other competitors out doing something fun while raising money for such a worthy charity?”

 

Similar to a bass tournament, The Frog Giggin Tournament Series is a team event and is limited to 100 three-member teams.  Total bag limit per team is 10 frogs, and the teams with the biggest frogs and biggest bag weight will receive prizes. However, that’s where the bass tournament similarities end.  Unlike a traditional Bass Tournament, teams are not required to stay on one lake or body of water.  Teams may search for frogs within 60 miles of the weigh-in location.  The Frog Giggin Tournament Series by Riverbank Products also hosts a Kids Frog Race.  Kids of all ages are encouraged to participate.

 

“Times are hard all over,” says MDA Fundraising Coordinator Christina Griffin.  “We know that, and we are looking for fun, non-traditional ways to raise money, and awareness, for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.  The families we serve depend on MDA to help provide clinic visits with our team of neurologists, take care of maintenance and repairs on their durable medical equipment, as well as fund research, support groups, and other programs and services.  The Frog Giggin’ Tournament is just interesting enough, and novel enough, that we felt it would be a unique way to raise some money, while having a fun, family-friendly weekend!”

 

The event will begin Friday, August 23, 2013, with Team Registration at 5:30pm at Lake D’Arbonne State Park off of Highway 2 in Farmerville.  Additional events on Saturday, August 24, 2013, will begin at 9:00AM and will include a pancake breakfast, games and activities for children, the Official Weigh-In, awards presentation, silent auction and fish fry lunch.  The games and activities for the children will be free, but MDA will be accepting donations for the pancake breakfast and fish fry lunch.

 

To register your team or for more information, log on to www.riverbankproducts.com, or call Chris Porter at 479-435-8774 or Christina Griffin at the MDA office at 318-388-3221.  You can also email cgriffin@mdausa.org for more information about the Muscular Dystrophy Association.