I had a lot of random spare footage left over from last Summers filming, so I thought I’d edit something together. It’s not perfect, but I didn’t want the footage to go to waste!
We filmed during the Extrem Sport Veko and had a chance to get some sweet shots of the Urdlandselvi double drop with Brendan Bayly, Sam and Jamie Sutton and Max Siech.
Rivers include Voss classics such as the Strondal and Myrkdal, a little bit of footage from Sjoa, a couple of shots from the North… and a lot of random other stuff.
Last weekend was full of exciting antics in Dartmoor, Devon, and I took a break from working in Oxford and made my way down. Two days of paddling, filming and partying (sometimes at the same time, no word of a lie) all summed up in this short little video I’ve put together.
Big thanks to Hugh Graham for his mad filming skills throughout the weekend, DJ Fromage who’s deck maneuvers made the party and to Simon of Gene 17 for hosting such a great weekend event.
I’m going back to work now, but at the end of the month I’ve got to catch a flight to Chile, which should be a real hassle.
Vaniljesaus is set for release this coming weekend at the Gene 17 adventure paddlers weekend as well as across the internet for free!
Here’s the final teaser:
“Vaniljesaus is a short film that follows a bunch of goons travelling through Norway for two months; searching far and wide for beautiful whitewater, new and classic.
We tried to film as much as we could, capturing the trip and trying to get the best shots we could. We found big water, small water, no water and a delicious custard drink called Vaniljesaus.
The post production phase of any motion picture is thoroughly time consuming, frustrating and tedious. A process that initially seems creative, enjoyable and generally feasible, however inevitably leads to an overwhelming feeling of sadness and rage.
Luckily, myself and Nick just love all those wonderful things and are currently deeply engrossed in the editing of ‘Vaniljesaus – A Kayaking Adventure’; A short film we will be bringing to the internet for FREE – and boy will it be worth none of your money!
Anyway, whilst we continue editing, here’s the all important concept trailer. There is more kayaking in the actual film, we promise.
So a couple of weekends back, Thames Valley Freestylers held their fourth birthday celebration at Cardiff International Whitewater course. Palm were at the event with banners, flags and prizes galore; enjoying the perfect sunshine and beautifully clear welsh water!
I was tasked with filming and producing the ‘official video’, so that’s just what I did; spending a lot of time on a longboard, riding down the course shooting the Palm Boater X and sitting by the main play feature formed by an awesome twelve cumec level!
[Due to the other link I posted being removed from youtube, I have uploaded to Vimeo! Enjoy.]
A big well done to Dave Wortley for organising such a fun and smooth event, and to all who competed for making such a great day on the water! Check out Dave’s blog for a full write up and many pictures Here
It’s hard to explain just how much I ache at this moment, but I’m sure many of you reading this are still feeling the full effects of this year’s NSR, be it from the copious amounts of partying or the water quality…
So continuing on the theme in the post below -- here’s our video wrap up of the weekend:
A couple of weeks ago I met up with Hugh ‘huge’ Graham in Exeter for a weekend of boating… a weekend of boating that turned in to one morning of boating.
Unfortunately, for the last three and a bit weeks I’ve been off kayaking and on painkillers, due to said morning’s boating with friends, in South Wales. After setting off from Exeter bright and early (6am to be precise) on a Saturday morning, we were aiming for the river Mellte -- rain the night before had continued in to the morning, giving us ample water for the days adventure ahead.
It turned out to be so much rain that just about every high water run in Wales was browner than… well, browner than they normally are, giving us quite a few options. So standing at the take out for the Nedd Fechan, looking down at a pretty high level, some crazy cat suggested we went to have a look at the Giedd, one of the Tawe’s tributaries.
A short drive and couple of kilometres hike in later we were rewarded -- the Giedd is great.
Well I managed to ruin my ankles on the last drop, unfortunate, but hey… it happens.
Thanks to Mark Shackleton for taking us up there, nice one!
And now, after my long stretch off kayaking, I’m heading back to Wales to meet up with Nick ‘Niche’ Horwood -- fire it up!
Better late than never, seems apt. After many technical difficulties I’ve finally managed to get this little edit rendered and done.
2010′s Adventure Paddler’s Weekend was another awesome one. Despite the lack of water and ultra cold weather, a large crowd turned up, watched some amazing videos, paddled and of course, rocked out to Paul ‘Cheesy’ Robertson’s classic club anthems.
The low levels and cold weather equalled a couple of interesting morning after runs in the Dagger Green, which was the boat of choice for me after being talked into it by Nick Horwood. Despite my initial fears of getting stuck halfway down Euthanasia and vertically pinned in Surprise Surprise, the Green Boat turned out to be perfect for the hangover run down a super low upper Dart. Sitting high and bombing over everything is fun!
Most of the party footage was WAY too dark, so all of the dance antics were filmed after the lights came on, when only the most hardcore remained.
After filming so much the previous evening, little GoPro HD was low on juice -- unfortunately running out of battery half way down our first run. Nevertheless I’m really happy with how the videos come out -- so without further delay…
Happy New Year guys -- More Wintery videos coming soon…
