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Pursuits Film Fest Returns

  • March 27, 2022
  • Mountain Life Media
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tival is back with an evening of adventure films celebrating the outdoors. The speakers are paddle guide/adventurer/ photographer Scott Parent and his daughter Acadia who will present about their SUP mission on the Great Lakes and the resulting film Three Waters.
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Mario Rigby: Paddling 
for Social and Eco Justice

  • October 30, 2020
  • Ned Morgan
Canadian eco-explorer talks about his recent Lake Ontario paddling adventure. words :: Colin Field. In June 2020, when Mario Rigby set out from Hamilton to kayak the length of Lake…
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Paddling a Solo Canoe with Two Blades

  • August 27, 2020
  • Ned Morgan
words :: Ned Morgan. In recent years, I’ve paddled nothing but kayaks. I grew up canoeing, but on a trip over a decade ago on the Oxtongue River, my canoe…
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Benny Marr’s Favourite Remote Campsites

  • July 27, 2020
  • Ben Osborne
The Ontario-born pro kayaker Benny Marr has paddled the wildest rivers all over the globe and slept in some crazy places. We asked him for his most memorable and remote…
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Slicing The Scimitar: Ben Marr’s First Descent of the Scimitar Canyon

  • September 26, 2019
  • Ben Osborne
 Ontario-born pro kayaker Ben Marr’s account of the first descent of NWT’s Scimitar Canyon words :: Ben Marr The Nahanni National Park Reserve protects over 30,000 km2 of Dehcho Region,…
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Most Under Recognized Human Achievement of Decade – Record High Descent of Stikine, Solo

  • November 22, 2018
  • Bradford McArthur
Words:: Bradford McArthur Kayaking is an interesting sport.  Like skiing and climbing it can lure its seduced into a lifetime of pursuit.  Chasing rivers, waterfalls and steep committing unknown canyons…
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Kayakers Held by FARC Rebels in Amazon Jungle

  • July 5, 2017
  • Ned Morgan
Extreme kayaking and guerrilla warfare don’t mix, generally speaking. But last April, Ben Stookesberry found out what happens when they do. The Coloradoan pro kayaker was on his way to…
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Strong Water: The Ebb And Flow Of Canada’s Biggest Tidal Rapids At Skookumchuck Narrows

  • June 21, 2017
  • Ben Osborne
As the crow flies, the Skookumchuck Narrows Provincial Park is only 53.2 kilometres from the Watershed Pub in Squamish, BC. Almost due west over Lake Lovely Water, the Tantalus Range…
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Stikine Dreams: Adversity and Teamwork on a 16-Day Self-Supported Trip in Northern BC

  • March 23, 2017
  • Ben Osborne
Creativity breeds uncertainty. And uncertainty is what fuels the fire in our bellies and drives exploration, innovation and adventure. In the spring of 2016, that creative fire and desire to…
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MULTIPICITY 2016: Benny Marr—The Wild Ways of a Whitewater Wizard

  • November 18, 2016
  • Ben Osborne
Born in Ontario, professional kayaker Benny Marr currently doesn’t have a home. And that’s fine by him. Traveling the world, couch surfing, or crashing in the back of his truck,…
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Slalom and Tequila: Recovering From Traumatic Brain Injury

  • October 28, 2016
  • Mountain Life Media
words :: Carmen Kuntz. The surge of whitewater rocks me up and down in my kayak. Waves of nausea and pain pulse in my head and chest. I grab the…
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Locked In: Filming the First Descent of Papua New Guinea’s Beriman River Gorge

  • July 15, 2016
  • Ben Osborne
There are no sure things in adventure filmmaking. Even in a perfectly remote location with the best athletes in the world and gyro-stabilized helicopter cameras that cost more than a…
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Before the Drop: Waterfall Drops and How Media Tells Less Than Half the Story

  • July 12, 2016
  • Ben Osborne
Standing in line at the grocery store, you pick up a magazine. Flipping it open you pause on a photo: a tiny red kayak embedded in a frothing vertical wall…
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless River

  • June 27, 2016
  • Mountain Life Media
When it comes to the global water crisis, aqua-rich Canada displays peculiar amnesia. A cure presents itself when a diversity of interests unites to help the Ottawa River recall aspects…
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Ryan Creary: Minister of the Interior

  • June 14, 2016
  • Ben Osborne
If you believe the chatter, the only thing more compelling than the depth and breadth of Ryan Creary’s outdoor photography is that he could easily be the subject of most…
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Free Falling: The Exhilaration of Getting Airborne on Coast Mountain Waterfalls

  • June 6, 2016
  • Ben Osborne
Raw, untamed, unrelenting, unforgiving, uncaring – and yet peaceful and calming at the same time – waterfalls are the ultimate visual display of the earth’s power, cutting through solid rock,…
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An Historic Kayak Mission Through the Subarctic Heart of Torngat Mountain National Park

  • March 31, 2016
  • Ben Osborne
With over 52 Class V and VI whitewater first descents together in 32 countries, American kayakers Ben Stookesberry and Chris Korbulic don’t toss words like ‘epic’ or ‘remote’ around lightly.…
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MULTIPLICITY 2016: Benny Marr—The Wild Ways of a Whitewater Wizard

  • March 30, 2016
  • Ben Osborne
 Born in Ontario, professional kayaker Benny Marr currently doesn’t have a home. And that’s fine by him. Traveling the world, couch surfing, or crashing in the back of his truck,…
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Riding Freshwater Giants: Coldwater Kayaking Lake Superior and Georgian Bay

  • March 24, 2016
  • Mountain Life Media
Invariably, rough-water kayakers and board surfers on Lake Superior turn to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration when the first high, wispy clouds foretell of strong winds. NOAA’s predictions…
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Swift Saranac 15 Kayak: Fast, Light & Roomy

  • July 25, 2015
  • Ned Morgan
Swift’s Saranac 15 is a light-touring kayak that offers unprecedented speed, tracking and roominess. With an optimum load range of 170 – 325 lbs. you don’t need to pack light, and…
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