All Blog Posts Tagged 'video' (4)

'Year of the River' film wins at National Paddling Film Festival

To a kayaker, there's just something therapeutic about watching a dam blow up. We dream about it, we joke about it, but we don't really ever expect it to happen. Fortunately, it did happen this year in the Pacific Northwest and we'll soon see miles of new whitewater and restored salmon runs because of it. The story stuck a chord this weekend at the National Paddling Film Festival, where Craziest Idea won 'Best Professional Documentary' and 'Best of Show.'

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Added by Andy Maser on February 28, 2012 at 12:12pm — No Comments

125 Foot Tall Condit Dam Breached with a Bang

October 26th, 2011 is certainly a day that will go down in history. After the Blaster in Charge yelled “fire in the hole!” and ignited the charges packed into the bottom of 125' tall Condit Dam, the White Salmon River was explosively set free for the first time in 100 years. The lake took less than 2 hours to drain, carrying an…

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Added by Andy Maser on October 30, 2011 at 6:30pm — 2 Comments

2011 Pacific Northwest Videos: "Bomb Flow Video Mag" & "Currents"

This year, as in most, there's been some quality online media shared of the paddling in the Pacific Northwest.

Both "Currents" and "Bomb Flow Video…

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Added by Todd Wells on September 9, 2011 at 2:00am — No Comments

VIDEO: Big Water Means Big Swims on the Colorado River

While out in Vail last week for the Teva Mountain Games, Team Wavesport's Trip Jennings and I cruised down I70 to Barrel Springs Rapid on the Colorado River for a little afternoon fun. With us was longtime paddling partner Adam Mills Elliott, who demonstrated that while a big water swim doesn't necessarily need to be a long and terrifying ordeal.

So check out this multicam video of our run down through the rapid, edited in real time, to see how the experience, and the rescue, went for… Continue

Added by Andy Maser on June 9, 2010 at 4:45pm — 1 Comment