My first ever whitewater experience was a jetboat trip down Hell's Canyon in 1985. I was 15 and we had taken a cross country trip from Connecticut across Canada and back via the northern US.

Same here!

Thank you very much for the kind comment. I did not have the best day, and this was a real boost. I'm so glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you for the kind words. We were trying to highlight the rest of us mere mortals.

Thank you for the kind words! I am assuming by your name, you are a German speaker? The Vimeo upload of this film is subtitled in German (and also French) if you have non-English speaking friends you want to share it with. Just click the CC button on the lower right corner: vimeo.com/170380151. There are also links to all the musicians on the Vimeo page.

Thanks for the nice comment. It was a real labour of love.

Have you guys heard of NORTH FORK COMPETITION PAYETTE IDAHO?

Mountain rivers are really clean. Lowland rivers not so much. The river that looks milky in this film, is glacial sediment in the water, so it's still clean , but not clear.

Thank you so much!

Aidan and I started talking about it in 2012, I think. I know I got the camera I shot a lot of it with in Novemberish 2012 and the oldest footage in the film is from that time. The walk up the Hooker River was the first big shoot and somewhat a proof of concept. Drones were still home-built affairs. Paul hauled a tractor battery(!) two hours up the trail to charge the quad copter. It was very tricky to fly. Stability was a contour camera wrapped in rags, and duct taped to the copter on top of a thawed medical gel pack. (You can really see the tech leap between that shoot and the Murchison River in 2015--one of the last shoots we did.) It was fully completed in early 2016 and screened that March. I have no idea how much time was spent editing--probably close to 1000 hours. What I do know is that I never could have done it without a wonderful group of talented and dedicated friends and acquaintances who all jumped on board to help out. The sound was mixed by a paddler from North Carolina who donated his skills (he is a professional) to the project after hearing about it. Truly an amazing community. Thank you for the kind comment. I am really glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you. That means a lot. I have not been paddling in a long while either.

Especially the clip of the absolute beating at the end alongside Sophia apologising.

There's some good kayaking in Austria. Isn't there?🤔

Starting at 1:00:26 to 1:02:20, that is all footage from the Kokatahi River, filmed by Phil. Alas, it is way beyond my skill level. riverguide.co.nz/all/kayaking/Crawford%20Junction%20to%20bridge/5d16ba7b7b83b60017c668d3

Yeah, I need to do another project.

It is "I Love My Kayak" by Brant Miller. He has a whole album of paddling songs called Music River--four of which are in the film. You can get the whole album on ITunes or CD Baby: store.cdbaby.com/cd/brantnmiller

His new website: brantmillermusic.com

nzkayakschool.com/ Located in Murchison, on the South Island.

Fair statement, but some of it as well is the challenge of recording audio in a river environment. Editing to music does help give it a rhythm, especially if you are cutting to the tune and not just plopping footage on top of it. But I think your point is valid, nevertheless. The film could have done with some more use of ambient sound. Hopefully next time around :-)

He's a paddler from Tennessee and a folk singer. He recorded a CD several years ago, and I was lucky enough to stumble across it. You can buy it on CD or download at CD Baby. There's actually four songs from the album in the film. store.cdbaby.com/cd/brantnmiller

His new website:brantmillermusic.com

It's pretty much essential for many of the runs on the West Coast in New Zealand. If you have a group, it is not that expensive per person. You'll have to come and check it out.

No, unfortunately. I had to make the decision to output in 720 because I was using a lot of lower resolution footage in addition to the footage we shot. Trying to force low res footage into a 1080 environment never works, and it is better in that case to bump the whole thing down.

@@riveringmovie5046 Bummer; it looks awful blown up on a 75" TV! Amazing documentary! I can't even imagine if this were filmed today in 4k.

@@evensen007 It does project well, however. We screened it in an auditorium and it looked really good. I would love to magically recreate it at 4K, but I'm pretty proud of the content.

@@riveringmovie5046 , and you are justly proud. I watched the movie on a large tv screen and am in awe of the splendid image quality, even more of the breath taking scenery, and how you show the fun and passion all kayakers share is the best. This movie is an experience to live.

Not sure what time you mean as 1:19 is solo flute, but the bagpipe stuff will be Enter the Haggis, a Canadian band that generously allowed me to use their music. There is a lot of their music in the film. They are an indie band, so please spread the word and support them. enterthehaggis.com/

Where exactly?

24:10 ;) ofc noone died, but it looked funny watching him struggle in that context.

I respectfully disagree with you that this is a poor video. We did a lot with the limitations we were working under--and if you have ever recorded sound in a wild river environment, you soon learn it is very difficult and compromises are sometimes made. As for music, that is subjective. If is not to your taste, fair enough, but that does not make it poor.

RIVERING MOVIE Yeah it was the audio part of this video I was disappointed by. I wanted to hear the water sounds.

I don't think I would have made it through the whole film without the music. It helps change it from a collection of kayaking shots into a story. Great selection and great film!

I also disagree with you. If you only see the bad of the video, that is your issue. Other people can enjoy the video, plus you are insulting the editor. I'm sure this would offend you if this was your vid.

I could not disagree more - the music really adds to the overall video, which is brilliant. Each to their own I suppose.