Interview with Phoxx Ekcs: Trailer
On September 3rd, 2011, sea kayaker and primitive living skills expert Phoxx Ekcs set out on a 120 mile journey kayaking and hiking along Vancouver Island's rugged North Coast. Equipped with only primitive gear, he suffered through hunger, dehydration, and multiple injuries, and barely survived hypothermia. After 28 days in the wilderness, he returned to tell his story. This is the trailer for a 4 part interview, to be published on www.dashpointpirate.com
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Greenland Rolls and Stupid Paddle Tricks by Helen
Helen Wilson (www.greenlandorbust.org) demonstrates a variety of traditional Greenlandic capsize recovery maneuvers in a skin-on-frame kayak. Helen competed in the 2008 Greenland National Kayaking Championship, and received first place medals in individual rolling, group rolling and the distance harpoon throw. www.dashpointpirate.com
Greenland Kayak Rolls
Andrew Elizaga performs a range of traditional Greenland kayak rolls in his skin-on-frame East Greenland replica qajaq, demonstrating the grace and beauty of these magnificent seagoing arctic hunting craft. This movie features the name of each sea kayak roll in English, an original musical score and guest appearance by Baby Seal. www.dashpointpirate.com
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Kayak Academy's Greenland Rolling Competition: Interview with Dubside
Richard Lovering interviews Greenland Style rolling and ropes gymnastics guru Dubside during Kayak Academy's Greenland Rolling Competition at Lake Sammamish on August 23, 2009. Dubside discusses the importance of maintaining tradition given the explosive popularity of Greenland Style, by learning the Greenlandic names of each capsize recovery maneuver. He also outlines plans for a bigger competition in the Seattle area in late 2010 based on the National Kayaking Championships in Greenland. Also featured: kayaking legend Maligiaq Padilla. www.dashpointpirate.com
Third Annual Deception Pass Dash (2008) Part 1
Part 1 of this movie contains video of the beginning of the race and the race itself. This was filmed by Dubside from the dock on Bowman Bay, and by Andrew Elizaga in vivid *KAYAK-VISION* from a camera mounted on the stern of his kayak. Stay tuned for Part 2, coming soon! The music is from The Kronos Quartet Performs Philip Glass, String Quartet No. 2 (Mishima): 1957-Award Montage. For an alternate soundtrack, try watching it while playing Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries. See Part 2 here: www.youtube.com www.dashpointpirate.com
Helen Wilson at Greenland Week 2010
Ricardo catches up with Helen Wilson during Kayak Academy's Greenland Week 2010 rolling demonstration with Maligiaq and Dubside. In 2008, Helen competed in the Greenland National Kayaking Championship in Qaqortoq, Greenland, and again in 2010 in Nuuk, Greenland, and has produced an instructional rolling video titled "Simplifying the Roll". She teaches Greenland-style techniques all over the world.
This is Warren
Warren is multi-talented: a highly-skilled sea kayaker in the traditional style, wooden boat builder, and nature photographer. This is Warren as we all know him best, ripping it up in his sea kayak in the tidal race at Deception Pass. Yes, this movie features the famous shot where he gets vertical in a whirlpool with his Anas Acuta. Greenland Style doesn't get much more EXTREME than this! It's so much fun even Nanook has to join in! Also featured are friends Roger and Nancy, and a guy in a Klepper. www.dashpointpirate.com
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Deception Pass Merry Go Round
Kayakers Freya Hoffmeister (in black drysuit and red Illusion), Warren Williamson (wooden Arctic Hawk SS), Reg Lake, Chris Mitchell, Andrew Elizaga (cedar strip Shooting Star baidarka), and others tear it up in the tidal race (7.3 knot ebb) at Canoe Pass near Deception Pass. Also features a guy named Chris in a squirt boat. Yes sir, when you talk about thrills this game certainly takes the pennant! www.dashpointpirate.com
Greenland Week 2010: Interview with Kiliii Yu
Primitive skills expert, kayak builder and paddler Kiliii Yu talks about fishing and coastal foraging while guiding trips around Vancouver Island with his company Sea Wolf Kayak. Kiliii has written about his solo expedition along the Northwest Coast of Vancouver Island in an article titled "31 days of Rice, Butter and Lingcod", published in the December 2010 issue of Sea Kayaker Magazine. www.dashpointpirate,com
A Conversation With Derek Hutchinson
An interview with international sea kayak authority Derek Hutchinson at the 2007 West Coast Sea Kayak Symposium demo beach: he shares his thoughts on the BCU, kayak and paddle design, Greenland Style, paddling in England, and the origin of modern sea kayaking. Kayak designer Matt Broze of Mariner Kayaks also makes an appearance.
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Great White Shark vs Kayak: Interview with Duane Strosaker
Ricardo interviews kayak builder/designer and Greenland Style enthusiast Duane Strosaker during Kayak Academy's Greenland Week 2010 Competition on November 5th. Duane describes being attacked by a great white shark while paddling off the Southern California Coast. www.dashpointpirate.com
Kayak Surfing, Peru
This is from my attempt to surf off a beach in the Reserva Nacional de Paracas. We were using Epic GPX kayaks. Watch as I catch a ride, fall off the crest of the wave and wipe out. While underwater I felt my kayak paddle break in half! I had to roll up using half of the paddle. Then as soon as I got up I was facing right into another wave, which I braced into again. In the end I paddle to shore canoe−style.
Deception Pass Dash 2009
More paddlers showed up for the 4th annual Deception Pass Dash (2009) than ever before! One hundred sixty racers competed in surf skis, sea kayaks, out rigger canoes, paddleboards and even a rowing shell. Imagine the sight off all these paddlers churning up the water of Bowman Bay as a horn blast announced the start of the race, or the long trail of kayaks stretched around the islands as viewed from above on Deception Pass bridge. You really had to have been there to appreciate it. If you weren't, at least you can watch the few moments we captured on video. [Camera/Narration by David Tiller. Editing by Andrew Elizaga.] www.dashpointpirate.com
Why We Paddle: The 6th Annual Deception Pass Dash (2011)
Since the first Deception Pass Dash in December 2006, the Dash has grown into Pacific Northwest's premier winter paddlesports race. It is easy to come up with reasons why so many people are attracted to this event -- the challenge of paddling in strong tidal currents, the possibility of rough winter storm conditions, the stunning beauty of the Pass, and the excitement and sense of camaraderie that comes from participating with so many other paddlers. The 2011 Dash was a two-day paddling festival, which involved about 150 paddlers in surfskis, paddleboards, hawaiian outrigger canoes, and rowing shells as well as sea kayaks. www.dashpointpirate.com
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Interview with Phoxx Ekcs
Sea kayaker and primitive living skills expert Phoxx Ekcs talks about his upcoming 28 day self-supported expedition on Vancouver Island, BC. Phoxx will be "living primitively", making all of his own gear, and will be paddling a traditional skin-on-frame sea kayak. Interviewed by the Dash Point Pirate. Follow Phoxx's preparations for his expedition at www.fullcirclekayak.com
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Deception Pass Dash 2010: Interview with Warren
Ricardo and I caught up with legendary traditional kayaking enthusiast Warren Williamson at the 2010 Deception Pass Dash. Warren talks a little about the West Greenland style plywood stitch and glue kayak he designed and constructed. Don't miss the on-water clips I took during the race taken using a stern-mounted camera on my kayak, after the interview. www.dashpointpirate.com
The Star Wars Shop
Interview with Don Sucher, owner of Sucher and Sons Star Wars Shop, purveyor of vintage Star Wars collectables in Aberdeen, Washington.
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Interview with Phoxx Ekcs Part 2: The North Coast Trail
On September 3rd, 2011, sea kayaker and primitive living skills expert Phoxx Ekcs set out on a 120 mile journey kayaking and hiking along Vancouver Island's rugged North Coast. Equipped with only primitive gear, he suffered through hunger, dehydration, and multiple injuries, and barely survived hypothermia. After 28 days in the wilderness, he returned to tell his story. This is part 2 of a 4 part series. www.dashpointpirate.com
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Interview with Phoxx Ekcs Part 3: "No Limits, No Regrets"
On September 3rd, 2011, sea kayaker and primitive living skills expert Phoxx Ekcs set out on a 120 mile journey kayaking and hiking along Vancouver Island's rugged North Coast. Equipped with only primitive gear, he suffered through hunger, dehydration, and multiple injuries, and barely survived hypothermia. After 28 days in the wilderness, he returned to tell his story. This is part 3 of a 4 part series. www.dashpointpirate.com
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Interview with Phoxx Ekcs Part 4: "My Most Dangerous Day on the Water"
On September 3rd, 2011, sea kayaker and primitive living skills expert Phoxx Ekcs set out on a 120 mile journey kayaking and hiking along Vancouver Island's rugged North Coast. Equipped with only primitive gear, he suffered through hunger, dehydration, and multiple injuries, and barely survived hypothermia. After 28 days in the wilderness, he returned to tell his story. This is part 4 of a 4 part series. www.dashpointpirate.com
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Speed of Life
"Speed Of Life" is our entry into the Portland Art Museum Northwest Film Center's "Make it Short" 40 second film contest. Directed by Andrew Elizaga Videography by Katya Palladina Editing by Andrew Elizaga "So Far Around The Bend" performed by Lena Palladina www.facebook.com
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SSTIKS 2007
Skin−on−frame arctic boats, paddle skills instruction, traditional Greenland rolling, and dead−fish polo −− these are just a few of the things youll see at the South Sound Traditional Inuit Kayak Symposium held every June at Twanoh State Park in Washington State. Heres a glimpse of the action at the beach during SSTIKS 2007, the 6th annual and biggest event yet: John Petersen tries out a Harvey Golden Kodiak kayak replica, Wolfgang Brinck shows off his Aleut bentwood hat, and Warren Williamson attempts rolling with an exotic new paddle -- with surprising results! Theres no better way to spend a rainy afternoon in the Pacific Northwest! www.dashpointpirate.com
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