February 2nd, 2010 | by Andy | published in Canada, Canoeing, Flim, Outdoor Living
Like a first time paddler launching into a vast island-dotted lake, the world became a lot bigger for me as I viewed “This is Canoeing,” the latest project from paddler/filmmaker Justine Curgenven. Gathered into this 2-disc set are 12 film featurettes, each bringing a fresh and memorable viewpoint of what it is to canoe today.
A [...]
November 19th, 2009 | by Andy | published in BWCAW, Flim, Nature, North Shore, Winter Sports
Dude, drop what you’re doing. Cancel all your evening plans (as if you have anything important on a Thursday night.)
There are two great outdoorsy films showing tonight in Minneapolis. Both are at cool venues. Both offer Super Extra Bonus incentives to attend. Your challenge will be picking which one to see. That’s right, they overlap [...]
November 2nd, 2009 | by Andy | published in Canoeing, Flim
By the beard of Bill Mason, why’s it that so many outdoorsy film fests lately, seem to have largely forgotten Paddling? Unless it involves kayaking down the world’s tallest frozen-over waterfalls in a wingsuit? I mean, is the level of mere ‘extreme-ness’ their sole criterion for including a film?
Good thing we just found out [...]
September 11th, 2009 | by Andy | published in Flim, Gear, Outdoor Living, Wildlife
I like to tell my non-outdoorsy friends that the BWCA is *always* like this commercial for Timberland’s Mountain Athletics shoes. Little do they know, you only get chased like this when you don’t seal up your beef jerky well enough. Suckas. Via The Adventure Blog.
August 27th, 2009 | by Andy | published in Flim, Outdoor Living, Survival Skills
So what to do when, after seven weeks alone in the wild, you’re out of food, out of energy and out of clarity? You put your distress call signal to use, be glad for a quick rescue — and you realize it’s okay to call that a happy ending.
Adventurer/documentarian Ed Wardle has done just that.
As [...]
August 20th, 2009 | by Andy | published in Flim, Outdoor Living, Voyageurs
2009 has been a notable year for our national parks: They’ve drawn big numbers with their ‘free’ weekends, gotten loads of PR from a vacationing President Obama, and now a documentary series produced by Ken Burns.
The National Parks: America’s Best Idea airs September 27th on PBS. Sounds like we can expect the same depth and [...]
July 22nd, 2009 | by Andy | published in BWCAW, Camping, Canada, Canoeing, Flim
If you ever did summer camp in the Boundary Waters, Surviving Crooked Lake will probably float your boat.
The feature-length indy flick, opening this Friday, has all the wrong right elements of a teen thriller: 4 girls and their “slightly older male guide” go canoe camping in the wild. Romance, jealousy and mild peril ensue. But [...]