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PaddleTx is owned by Stacy Thigpen and Shane and Nicole Wolf (not pictured).
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PaddleTx rents kayaks year-round.
COURTESY PADDLETX
PaddleTx rents out watercrafts in New Braunfels Stacy Thigpen, along with partners Shane and Nicole Wolf, opened PaddleTx after identifying a need for a high-quality, service-oriented water- craft rental service in New Braunfels. 2017 when Shane Wolf was managing Rockin’ R River Rides.
PaddleTx also has tubes for rivergoers to rent.
COURTESY PADDLETX
Thigpen and the Wolfs formed PaddleTx in 2022 after Rockin’ R was purchased by new ownership. The business began operating with six crystal kayaks and 10 paddle boards. What they o er PaddleTx o ers year-round kayak and paddle- board rentals, tubing services, shuttle trans- portation to and from nearby bodies of water, lessons and guided tours. PaddleTx also provides local Vrbo guests, or rental properties, with watercrafts tailored to their physical abilities, skill level and the body of water.
“I had gone to Shane and talked to him about crystal kayaks, because I’d seen them in San Marcos,” Thigpen said. “I [also] wanted to bring paddleboards back. So we priced [the equipment] out, [and] went up and did the crystal kayaks on my birthday. [Afterwards] we walked right over to [Zelick’s Icehouse,] cracked a beer, and looked at one another, and we said, ‘We’re crazy for not doing this.’” The background Thigpen said the partnership began to form in
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