Grand Canyon of the Stikine - 1998 Descent
Description: Rob Lesser returns to the Grand Canyon of the Stikine with
Gerry Moffatt , Reggie Crist, Doug Ammons, Charlie Munsey, and Wink Jones. In the eighteen years since Rob Lesser's first descent ony eleven other paddlers have completed a successful run of the Grand Canyon of the Stikine. Featuring: Entry Falls, Wasson's Hole, Guard Dog, The Hole that at Chicago, The Hole that ate the Hole, Site Zed, and Gerry Moffatt's epic run and close call at Scissors. View more videos on National Geographic Video.
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PaddleQuest - World Kayak Adventure 1996 (Full Version)
Description: Chile to Alaska the Ultimate Quest for Whitewater Action Time stands still when "PaddleQuest" joins the world class athletes of the TIMEX Expedition Team on a transcontinental quest in search of the ultimate whitewater ride. This journey will take you from the turquoise waters of the dam threatened Futaleufu, to the spectacular "River Wild" waterfalls of the Kootenai. You'll witness record-level runs down Devil's Canyon of the Susitna and feel what it is like to stare directly down a kayak at an Alaskan Brown Bear. Move over Lewis and Clark; step aside Columbus. Make way for today's hottest boaters on an epic expedition that won't soon be forgotten, "PaddleQuest".
Starring: Dan Gavere, Corran Addison, Chris Spelius, Dean Cummings, Tommy Moe, Grant Amaral, Brennan Guth, Bernd Sommer, Arnd Schaeftlein, Jamie Simon, Adan Shandro and Mark Brown and friends. MUSIC: Blind Melon, Blue Hawaiians, I Mother Earth, LIR, The Mudsharks, The Samples, The Radiators, Ugly Americans. Rivers: CHILE: Futaleufu, Rio Fuy, Rio Plaquin, IDAHO- Lochsa, North Fork of the Payette, MONTANA- Swan River Mad Mile, Clark Fork, Kootenai Falls, Yaak, ALASKA- Devil's Canyon Susitna, Talkeetna, Six Mile Canyon, and Ingram Falls Creek.
Produced by Robbe and Dave, Polar Bear Productions
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Stikine
River Gorge - 1981 (aired 1985)
Description: The American Sportsman television coverage of the first descent of the Grand Canyon of the Stikine in 1981 (aired 1985). The descent was led by Rob Lesser with Don Banducci, Lars Holbek, Rick Fernall and John Wasson. Featuring: Entry Falls , Wicked Wanda, Wasson's Hole, Site Z (zed), and the Tanzilla Confluence .
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Local News Coverage of the First Legal Niagara
River Gorge Descent
Description:
In
addition to ABC's coverage on The American Sportsman,
the descent was also featured on some of the
local television news shows. Check out the interviews
of Chris Spelius, Ken Lagergren and others,
as well as some epic kayak footage.
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First Legal Descent of the Niagara River
Description:
The
Niagara River Gorge was first kayaked by Ken
Lagergren and Chris Spelius in 1978. The descent
was illegal and involved an epic and harrowing
swim by one of the kayakers. A record of the
event was captured on some grainy homemade 8mm
film that eventually made its way to the desk
of one of the producers of ABC's The
American Sportsman. In 1981 ABC arranged
for a repeat of the performance that was turned
into a 30 minute television documentary. A text
version of the story can be found here: Niagara
River Kayak Descent
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Triple
Crown - Bio Bio, Fuy, Futaleufu
Description:
In 1993 this video captured first prize in the annual National Paddling Film Festival in Lexington, Kentucky. It covers a Kayak Safari Trip
in Chile featuring the Rio Bio Bio, Rio Fuy
and Rio Futaleufu. Many who see this video still
comment on the quality of the plot and video
production. It really captures the essence of
what it is like to paddle in Chilean Patagonia.
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PaddleQuest
- 1996 - Chile (Chile Segment Only)
Description:
In
1996 PaddleQuest took the kayak community by
storm. It was a seminal work which virtually
spawned the kayak video industry. PaddleQuest
is often called the "Endless Summer"
of paddling videos - and did for kayaking what
Endless Summer did for surfing. See the Chilean
portion here:
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The
Extremists
Description:
In
1995 "The Extremists" television series
profiled Chris Spelius, Expediciones Chile and
the Futaleufu River. Experience Chile 1990s
style in this old-school video.
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Also
offered at the Patagonia
South Kayak School: Beginning Kayak
Instruction, Intermediate Paddling
Instruction, Advanced Paddling
School Courses. How
to Roll a Kayak clinics and private kayak
instruction.
