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Searching For Sero

Professional photographer John Rathwell and partner Tracy Guenard have decided to sell their house, almost everything they own, and are hitting the road in their ’91 Westfalia to fight for mental wellness awareness with the new project “Searching for Sero”. They need your help by supporting the project on the crowdfunding platform, IndieGoGo.com. The ambitious project aims for a $10,000 CDN goal in the next 32 days in order to launch the two-year project. The campaign has already surpassed 30% of the total goal in the first 3 days. Several successful preview stories have already been published online to showcase what they plan to do once they hit the road next spring.

Searching For Sero

Searching For Sero expects to grow their following and supporters quickly by shining a light on mental wellness and suicide prevention. “There are so many people out there struggling to find their happy place,” says John Rathwell, “And we believe we can make a difference. We hope to inspire people to truly make positive changes in their lives. We trust that people will see the value in what we are doing and help make this project happen.”

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Operation Zulu

Without doubt the video of the 1990’s, Operation Zulu brought Corran and the rest of the Riot Kayak squad to our screens. Until now only available on VHS if you could find it. Thankfully with a bit of help I have sourced an original VHS copy and with the permission of Corran Addison have converted it to MP4 and put it online.

30-40 minutes of big water, aerials move, cartwheels, splitwheels, freewheels. At the time they were the most radical moves out there. The editing is slick and the soundtrack includes Real Big Fish, and The Bloodhound Gang. Old school boats are plenty – Savage Fury, Hammer, Glide (protos), 007… See what the pros can do.

Enjoy.

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Demshitz Chile And Argentina 2007

A throw back to some lost footage from 2007.

Demshitz Chile And Argentina 2007

All of our footage was stolen from our truck at the end of our trip to Patagonia in 2007. Luckily we were able to recover this footage from an edit we put together before we lost the footage. Enjoy.

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Toxaway

Toxaway

Misty paddling conditions in this great edit from Peter Ely.

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Soul Waterman – Outfitting

Corran has recently updated the Soul Waterman outfitting page to give a complete breakdown of the new outfitting system that will be used within its kayaks.

Soul Waterman - Outfitting

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Current GoPro Setup October 2015

I receive a couple of emails each day asking about the GoPro setup that I currently have running, so here is an update.

Unsponsored-GoPro-Session-

I use both a GoPro Hero 4 Black edition and Hero 4 Session. Both have there firmware updated every time there is a new release.

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Iceland Traverse By Ski And Packraft

Iceland Traverse By Ski And Packraft

James Smith, Dan Rea-Dickins and Luc Mehl cross Iceland by skis and packraft, July 2015.

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Pin And Rescue

It is never a good thing when someone gets pinned. However if it works out well and others can learn from the experience then all is good.

Pin And Rescue

This GoPro edit by Josh Arntzen from the Green River Narrows shows how powerful water can be and how quickly you can get pinned.

What would you do in this situation? Leave a comment below.

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Ultimate Ears Roll Speaker – First Look

You may be wondering why we have a Bluetooth speaker here on Unsponsored, but please read on. You may have seen the UE Roll speaker system in various eddies throughout the summer pumping out tunes at a number of high profile playspots and competitions.

Ultimate Ears Roll Review

The speaker is IPX7-rated waterproof so it is quite happy being near or even in water. Ultimate Ears even make a small inflatable rubber ring for the Roll to sit in, allowing you to park the Roll in an eddy or use the inbuilt bungee cord to tether it to a rock or tree.

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Movie Monday 26 October 2015

More Monday Whitewater Movies from the Unsponsored film board. Fill your boots.

Informal Gathering at Quake Lake

In 1959 an earthquake struck southwestern Montana and a massive landslide tore down the side of the mountain, burying 28 people who were camping in the area. The landslide backed up the river and created “Quake” lake. It also formed this unique 3 mile stretch of whitewater. It is shallow, sharp, consistent, and the only place near bozeman with water in October. Enjoy!

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The Stout Feather

The Stout Feather

Credit: Sara James

The south fork of the feather river is nestled deep in the woods of the northern Sierras, and is a great place to find yourself during the fall season. With a reliable release courtesy of Little Grass Valley reservoir, a ridiculously stacked first gorge, and about 10 miles of class IV/IV+ that follows, it’s hard to beat. This year, due to the drought, flows on the South Feather were up in the air; however, we were pleasantly surprised with a release that lasted just under a month, which provided us many opportunities to get into one of my favorite day runs in the northern half of the state.

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Demshitz Joaquin South East 2015

Demshitz Joaquin South East 2015

Demshitz headed to the southeast to harvest the goods from Hurricane Joaquin in the fall of 2015. Toxaway, Rocky Broad and Linville.

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