The Black Outdoorsman Magazine seeks to promote clubs and organizations that help to increase the participation and awareness of outdoor activity in the African-American community. The Black Outdoorsman magazine will display new clubs each issue, so please take advantage of the opportunity to join a club in your area so you can experience the fun of the great outdoors.
Black Doctors
The
BlackDoctor.org (BDO) offers new innovative approaches for Black health, including free referrals to Black doctors. We give you effective strategies for managing your health, nutrition, weight loss, exercise tips, free advice from Black doctors and much more!
Down Riggers Fishing Club
The
Down Riggers Fishing Club is a club made up of male and female anglers
who have traveled the United States, Canada and the Caribbean in
search of
new fishing adventures. We fish because we love too! We have a
diversified club, with members from all walks of life. We are a traveling
club. Our motto is “We travel where the Fish are...”.
Black
Chicago Sailors
The largest group of Black skippers and Black women skippers in
the country.
GRAYHAVEN SAIL CLUB
Grayhaven Sail Club of Detroit is an integrated group of Detroit
sailors, organized in 1992. Our purpose is to "foster the sport
of sailing in the Detroit Metropolitan community through the donation
and coordination of the human and financial resources required for
the education and training of underprivileged youth who want to
learn how to sail.
THRILLSEEKERS
Our adventures have ranged from Bungee cord
jumping, to jet skiing in the Hamptons, to alpine Skiing in Austria,
to scuba diving in the Florida Keys! We are open for any type
of adventure in which you may want to participate! We continue
to build our club into one of the premier organizations in the National
Brotherhood of Skiers . With members from 1 year to 65
years old and a median age of 32, we continue to focus on youth.
With our Youth Program, our young people get to experience all sorts
of adventures with our members as mentors. TSI Snowboarders and
TSI Race Team have answered our member's call for their specific
needs and we continue to cater to our organization. We are also
active members of the New
Jersey Ski Council and New York Metro Ski Council.
Universal Sailing
Club
Founded in 2002, the Universal Sailing Club was established to accommodate
and encourage the participation of African-American sailors in the
Baltimore, Washington D.C., and Annapolis area. The Universal Sailing
Club organizes sailing excursions, trips to historical locations,
and sailing regattas such as the Paul Cuffee Regatta held each summer
in the Chesapeake Bay. Universal Sailing Club members also participate
in the historical Watermelon Regatta as well.
National Association
of Black Scuba Divers
NABS is a family-oriented
sports organization whose member interests focus on the promotion
of scuba diving, environmental conservation, and education. Water
sports safety and mentoring for youngsters has become
an important activity at the national and local club levels.
Goombay Adventures
We provide quality and rewarding activities in a fun, yet safe environment.
We also realize that participating in a sport can really be
appreciated if an individual is knowledgeable about all aspects
of the activity. Thus, we offer instructional courses emphasizing
the fundamentals of safety, technique, and environmental awareness.
Fresco Adventures
Fresco Adventures provide fun and educational outdoor adventure,
recreation,and social programs for youth and adults. The program
offering is dedicated to the enjoyment of nature and social events
for learning, appreciation, and improving the quality of one's life.
The vision is to introduce peop le to the enjoyment and appreciation
of the great outdoors and adventurousforms of entertainment.
Jim Beckwourth Outdoor Club
The James P. Beckwourth Mountain Club is a
Colorado non-profit corporation founded in 1993. The Club's mission
is to preserve the legacy of James P. Beckwourth by providing
experiential outdoor apprehension and appreciation to a diverse
group of youth, families, and individuals, while promoting a concern
for the wilderness environment. Club activities are year-round,
and include hiking, camping, backpacking, mountaineering, fishing,
whitewater rafting, canoeing, kayaking, horseback riding, biking,
cross-country skiing, downhill skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing,
and environmental stewardship projects. Membership activities have
included trips to Washington 's San Juan Islands for orca watching,
a trip to Maine 's Acadia National Park , and a cruise to Mexico
's Yucatan peninsula. The Club also offers living history programs
which educate the public about the contributions made by people-of-color
in the settlement of the West, and an award winning Outdoor Education
Center program for urban youth. James ("Jim") Pierson Beckwourth,
born in 1798, was an African American mountain man, fur trapper,
explorer, frontiersman, army scout, War Chief of the Crow Indians,
trading post owner and manager, co-founder of the city of Pueblo,
Colorado, discoverer of the Beckwourth Pass in the Sierra Nevada
Range that opened a route to the Sacramento Valley in California,
and all-around "Legend of the West.