About
Ryan Harrison, roughly.
I'm Ryan. I live in St. Louis, Missouri, with my wife and our two dogs, and I have more hobbies than is probably reasonable.
After a motorcycle crash left me paralyzed, I didn't stop chasing difficult goals; I learned to do them differently. That is how I ended up in competitive shooting. An Adaptive Defensive Shooting Summit, which I attended through a grant from BattleBuddy 3 Gun, led to paratrap, air rifle, IDPA and 2-gun. I also coach adaptive shooters.
My professional background is in marketing, especially brand activation and experiential work: getting people to show up and pay attention. Those instincts shape how I speak about accessibility, and they carried over to the microphone at drifting events, where I announced for Midwest Drift Union's Formula Drift Pro-Am series and for Turismo Drift.
Then there is Rival House, the automotive collective I co-founded on the StanceWorks forums in 2009. It grew into automotive features, garage culture, drifting, events and a long-running online community. My 1976 Volkswagen Scirocco became closely associated with it. I have since sold the Scirocco, and Toyota Land Cruisers became the next chapter of my automotive interests.
The rest is rabbit holes: Linux, a homelab that grew a TAK Server, amateur radio and GMRS, a passive drone detection project with its own firmware, and national parks and travel.
The threads
Adaptive sport
Para trap, air rifle, IDPA and 2-gun, competing from a wheelchair, and coaching adaptive shooters.
Speaking & announcing
Talks on accessibility and adaptive sport, including range accessibility for youth shooting programs — plus live motorsports announcing at drifting events.
Automotive
Rival House, the automotive collective I co-founded on the StanceWorks forums in 2009. My former 1976 Volkswagen Scirocco was closely associated with it; Toyota Land Cruisers came later.
Building
Linux, a homelab, software and experimental hardware — currently a passive drone Remote ID receiver.
Radio
Amateur radio, GMRS and portable communications.
Outside
National parks, travel, FPV and getting outside.
Marketing
My professional background, in brand activation and experiential marketing.
Also me, elsewhere
rivalhou.se
Rival House
Automotive culture since 2009 — the collective Ryan co-founded on the StanceWorks forums: features, garage culture, drifting, events and a long-running online community.
parashootingsports.com
Parashooting
Ryan’s adaptive shooting site: paratrap, rifle, IDPA, 2-gun and the gear that makes it work from a wheelchair.
backoutside.org
Back Outside