{"id":24480,"date":"2017-03-08T22:28:13","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T22:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/?p=24480"},"modified":"2017-03-08T22:28:13","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T22:28:13","slug":"dave-kersey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/dave-kersey\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Kersey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have shared a number of Dave Kersey&#8217;s video edits via Movie Monday a few times.  Last week I received some sad news that Dave had taken his own life. He was a pillar in the Harpers Ferry, WV USA paddling community. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24481\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/dave-kersey\/screen-shot-2017-03-08-at-22-26-34\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-08-at-22.26.34.png\" data-orig-size=\"720,389\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Dave Kersey\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-08-at-22.26.34.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-08-at-22.26.34.png\" alt=\"Dave Kersey\" width=\"720\" height=\"389\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-08-at-22.26.34.png 720w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-08-at-22.26.34-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-08-at-22.26.34-676x365.png 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I received a request from Dave&#8217;s friend Brad to share the video edit he has created in Dave&#8217;s Honour.<\/p>\n<p>From Brad:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I would like it if you could share my video in honor of him. 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