100 MILES
The goal of this Alaskan expedition was simple—use packrafts to explore and fish a remote and braided river system, not accessible to larger rafts. For the anglers, this meant accessing countless small channels and mouse-eating trout without the worry of dead ends, portages and extra baggage. This trip was not a first descent on an unnamed river, but after 100 river miles without seeing another soul, it felt like it.
Director & Producer: Cory Luoma
BIG WORLD
How do we teach our kids there is a world beyond social media, standardized tests and soccer practice? In April 2018, Eddie Bauer athlete David Morton and his seven-year-old son, Thorne, embarked on a week-long standup paddleboard journey down the Karnali and Bheri Rivers in western Nepal. “There’s a basic paradox to parenting,” says David. “You have to keep your kids safe, but you have to teach them to take risks and follow curiosity. Life is undeniably richer with a little bit of daring.”
Director: David Morton, Fitz Cahall
Producer: David Morton, Duct Tape Then Beer / Becca Cahall
FEEL OF VISION
Lonnie Bedwell, a former Navy Petty Officer turned extreme adventure athlete, became the first blind person to whitewater kayak the entire length of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon in a solo kayak. Lonnie previously described his blindness as a wall that prevented him from moving forward and living a full life. “Kayaking acted as a door and that opened to the whole world”.
Director: Tucker Gragg, Austin Gardner
Producer: Tucker Gragg
FRONTIER OF FIRSTS
Frontier of Firsts follows the experiences of a whitewater kayaker and an Alaskan bush pilot during a kayaking expedition in southern Alaska. Similarities in their passions emerge as the two work together to explore three previously unrun rivers.
Director: Tyler Allyn, Cooper Lambla
Producer: U.S. National Whitewater Center
GOING SOLO
A story about a solo kayaker’s special bond with a river after almost drowning. Follow Andrew Kellett on his whitewater journey as he makes peace with Cape Town’s Witte River and introduces his son to the challenges of going up against nature.
Director: Ant Hoard
Producer: Ant Hoard, Andrew Kellett
JUNK PADDLE
You can buy a paddle or the wood to make a paddle, but what about making a paddle from junk? Collecting rubbish wood between a train station and office, this is the story of a junk-made paddle.
Producer: Beau Miles, Mitch Drummond
METROPHOBIA
A team of French/Swiss mountaineers set off on a 170-kilometer kayak journey to discover one of the largest bigwalls in Greenland, the west face of the Tommelfinger. On arrival, they discover an unclimbed 2000-meter-high cliff. Far from civilization, they open up the Metrophobia route in only seven days with very little equipment and in fantastic conditions. They then set off home aboard their kayaks and head towards the climax of their adventure.
Director: Antoine Moineville
Producer: Antoine Moineville, Hugo Clouzeau
THE PASSAGE
In 1974, Nate Dappen’s 20-year-old parents and uncle Andy built their own canoes, launched them into the Pacific, and became some the first people in modern history to canoe from Washington to Alaska up the Inside Passage. In the summer of 2017, Nate and his brother renovated the canoes and with aging parents completed the 1974 journey. The Passage is a story about the dreams of aging brothers, fathers and sons, and the wild places that define us.
Director: Nate Dappen
Producer: Nate Dappen, Neil Losin
THE UNDAMAGED
With over 2,700 small and large hydro power plants planned or under construction in the Balkans, corruption and greed are destroying the last free-flowing rivers of Europe. Follow the Balkan Rivers Tour, a crew of whitewater kayakers, filmmakers, photographers and friends who decided to stand up for the rivers, travelling from Slovenia to Albania for 36 days, kayaking 23 rivers in six countries to protest the dams and show the world the secret, wild rivers of the Balkans.
Director: Rožle Bregar, Matic Oblak, Miha Avguštin
Producer: Rok Rozman
WE ARE SEND
This is the story of Send and what you can accomplish with a great set of friends. It has been a crazy two years since four friends formed Send and this crew is looking forward to plenty more.
Director: & Producer: Adrian Mattern, Bren Orton
The 10 award-winning and 15 shortlisted films are now eligible for the Aqua-Bound People’s Choice Award. Click here for the current 2020 World Tour schedule to attend a screening and cast your vote for the best film of the year. No tour stops scheduled near you? Click here to learn more about bringing the World Tour to your town, theatre, club, shop or event.
Any available for streaming?
For several reasons, I am normally unable to attend screenings….where can I find all these films online? Thanks
Its too bad these films are not available for watching on a site for a small fee, I dont see movie houses opening up anytime soon. New to paddling and would like to see these.
My daughter and her husband gave me the subscription to this magazine for my 68th Birthday. They did so because 4 years before retiring, my husband and I downsized and moved into a condo right on the Tennessee River just outside of Chattanooga.
The first thing we did was purchase two 12’ Wilderness Pongo kayaks. I paddle a great deal more than my husband does but, in all fairness, I retired a year earlier than he did. On mornings when he goes into work, he drops me off under the Market Street Bridge and I paddle the 13 miles home to our marina at the condo.
Being hooked on flat water paddling, I was afraid that your magazine would be geared to the young rapids chasing hotdogs out there rather than offer this safe paddling grandma anything of interest.
DELIGHTED that that is not the case. Will eagerly await each edition you put out. You have a lifetime subscriber in me!!
FYI – my goal this year is 500 miles, I am 2/3 of the way there!