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I remember watching a VHS copy of your How To Kayak video that was filmed on the B.C. coast so many years ago. I have always enjoyed your easy going style of teaching/educational film making. It isn't work if you love what you do.

super cool!! these views!

I very much enjoyed this trip with you. It was long and it took me a couple days to watch it all. There was so much more to this trip than people think about because you are alone. You have to make decisions that could affect your personal outcome and safety. Plus, you are also the videographer which means it takes lots of extra time to set up and film certain parts. I admire your adventurous attitude and skills. I would never have run this trip, camping and alone. I could tell how heavy your load was by how low that Remix sat in the water on some of the flatter sections. I’m impressed and I’ll be watching more. Yes, I liked the directors cut because I learned a lot of background things that are important plus we all make mistakes and it’s good to see the ones you make and how you handle them. Merry Christmas!

Hi Ken, hope your shoulder is healing fine Merry Christmas to you and your family. Take care Ken.

Ken, job with the back stories. Love the behind the scene talk. Have you ever done a WhiteWater 101 video? I watch your whitewater intensely to see how you pick your lines but understand what I'm seeing. I dont do whight water but I did get cought up in a class2 once. Was short lived but I made it.

Thank you for this great video !! I have to ask what the tortilla/bread you keep eating. Looks so good for camping! It’s winter here in Colorado . These are inspiring!!!!

Aqua-Bond- Best paddle money can buy. My Mata-Ray fiberglass reinforced ABX. That paddle has gotten me into & out of place where no kayak has been.6yrs! Scratched,discolored & nicked. I would never part with it.

I gotta say that, mostly I just wanted to find out what you did at Crooked Chute and The Temptations.

As already said, beautiful footage. And answering your questions: more long videos, more director's cut. I think you manage to put a good balance between the footage, "let it run", and meaningful infos -- options and decisions (what, why and how). Thank you.

Hi Ken, I just finished watching your video end-to-end. It did take me several days, a few minutes at a time. As a long-time kayak tripper, I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed your in-depth insights. I think this format is excellent for folks that want more than a cursory view. I can only imagine how much work you put in to produce the video. Many thanks.

I like the director cut. Do one for Superior too.

How in the world did you get all that gear into a XP10. Did you stuff some dry bags in front past your feet? It looks like you have as much gear as I get in my Tiderace Pace tour 17. lol.

What year was this filmed?

Such a great video Ken, thanks. My buddy has a Jackson Karma RG. It's a couple of feet longer than your boat. Would it make life easier for this kind of trip?

Great video! The petawawa has been on my bucket list but you may have moved it up a few spots.

Excellent video, super interesting commentary, and wonderful trip Ken! Thanks for making this and sharing. I enjoyed the entire thing.

Thank you for sharing your adventure and providing some behind the scenes looks. Glad to hear that your shoulder is getting better.

I watched the previous set of videos before I went on a September whitewater rafting trip on the Green River in Colorado & Utah, which I mostly did in a tandem or solo inflatable kayak (a much more forgiving craft, of course!). It was really useful preparation to follow along as you chose your lines. And I also really found your "no need to paddle hard into that next rock you're trying to miss" approach to feel right -- I was paddling stern in the tandem and I definitely passed that word to my bow paddlers. 🙂 Thanks for taking us along on this beautiful river and providing the additional commentary as well.

Loved this! The extra info about the trip was awesome! More please!

Well Ken two cups of coffee a packet of biscuit and two and a half hours later and I thoroughly enjoyed watching this again. It was so interesting with your commentary I particularly enjoyed the parts where you were telling people about what you would run what you wouldn't run and what you would run if you had somebody with you. I have to say I agree with you 100% about paddling alone so you really don't know what's coming next which makes the adventure even more exciting. However some rivers you can paddle a thousand times and you always see something new. You should do more of these videos with even more commentary. 👍👍

Really inspiring, makes my wife and I want to get back out paddling. Happy to hear you shoulder is on the mend

I’m really enjoying this video on my tv…puts me right in the action. On a par with Bill Mason’s videos from 40 years ago.

I saw the other videos but loved this one. Thank you again for sharing. I wish I could go there but no whitewater for me for now..lol.. I am living vicariously thru you! I have a request for a video topic. Maybe explain your paddle strokes sometimes and why you do them. I notice you dragging the paddle sometimes and I know there is a good reason. I just don't know what it is. Yes. I'm a beginner..lol. Been loving flat water kayaking since I think July or August.

Very enjoyable way to watch the whole trip in one video and with the bonus of your insights that you added in along with your explanations on the water or looking at a section of water and weather it was safe to solo that section. Only tried Whate Water once and in the wrong boat. Will try it again in the future,but in the correct boat for the conditions. Oh and more skill to deal with it.

You are such an inspiration. I just recently had my leg amputated and this last summer I just got back on the water and watching your videos gave me the motivation to do so. Not just that I also filmed my experience with lots of tips from your instructional videos. I am hoping to move to S.S.Marie area soon and I really want to follow your adventures. I just love what you do. Keep it up!

I like the format…

What backup paddle do you use, I checked out your great video but didn't see it.

Loved and I would love to see more.

Yes really enjoyed that. The director cut idea is great. It helps as you explain why you are doing certain things. Good job. My hats off to you ,having the confidence to be out there alone having a real adventure.

Yeah welcome back

Hi Ken! Another stellar adventure! Just know that all your hard work in filming and logistical planning is appreciated, especially with a torn cuff! I literally winced when your paddle got stuck in the water and jammed your arm causing excruciating pain! I’ve been there so I know what you’re going through. I finally had surgery done on my left cuff in May 2023 and with dedicated physio and home exercises I was back in the water kayaking last week of August! FYI I’m 59 years young and in good shape- so I hope this inspires your recovery ❤️‍🩹 all the best to you!

Great start to your new channel Ken!! Love the camera work and wow, what spectacular scenery. Looking forward to your future adventures! Good luck in your shoulder recovery ❤️‍🩹

Your videos are what got me into Kayaking this past summer and I am so happy I decided to buy a kayak. I have literally fallen in love with it. Thank you so much for all of these amazing and inspirational videos and for opening up a passion for me. As much as I love winter I am really looking forward to spring to get back out there!! I always enjoy watching your videos on your other channel. Was glad to find this new channel.

Hi Ken, thank you for making the video and sharing your kayaking adventures. What kind of PDF are you wearing in this video. I noticed that you also have a hydration pack attached at the back or is a separate compartment of the PFD where you can put your hydration?

I'm watching this series at LS again lol

You should seriously consider taking a long form of this video (edit out the stuff where you're standing and talking to the camera, keep all the beauty stuff of you on the water or on the shore), take out the talk track and just have sound effects and some new age music, and make it available as the kind of background video people play to relax and get into a state of mindfulness. It would be perfect for it. I've been running it in the background while I do other things and it's excellent for that. (I enjoyed it with the commentary track too, but it doesn't have the replayability that a long music-and-sfx-only version would have). Love these videos regardless.

Nice Ken, subscribed!🎉

Ken is one brave soul and one tough cookie. Lake Superior is no joke.

I'm just glad that I was not not on lake superior on my 2nd or 3rd time out and I grew up in Duluth mn and I have been swimming in the lake and I experienced how fast the weather and the lake can go from calm and warm to 4 ft waves in a few minutes

The wife and I bought (2) 8 ft sun dolphin kayaks and I thought it was like a very small canoe for 1 and the 2 time out on the water on a beautiful day and the water was calm and I was just trying to catch up to my wife and I dug to deep or hard to get some speed and I rolled over and I didn't know anything about kayaking and I was 20 ft off shore and I pulled it to shore and I had to roll the Water out and after that I learned I don't have to dig like in a canoe

I come from Hong Kong ,I have so like your kayak technique DVD and book ,I saw yours DVD snd and book over 14 years

This was great! I don't really watch much besides kayak and canoe adventure stuff on RUclips. Well shot and well edited content is kind of rare, so pretty happy to find this gem.

I love kayaking, camping and fishing. I live in South Carolina. I'm planning to do a trip around the lake Hartwell

I feel for you. I developed torn rotator cuffs in both my shoulders, and they were both surgically corrected. They happened two years apart. Rehab was long and hard. Four months formally, with a physical therapist 2-3 times per week, then another two months on my own before I had my full range of motion back. And a few more months to get the strength back. You can do this!

Those swells looked exhilarating! Can't wait to paddle Superior, once I've got all the right gear. Primus makes the perfect can stove for frying, uses a lot of gas to boil in the wind though. I think I'll make a wind screen for it.

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Wow what scenery.I kept thinking it couldn’t get more beautiful and then bam your next shot was even more beautiful. And I was also holding my breath while you were braving those waves. This was just so incredible and can’t thank you enough for bringing us along and hopefully you get the rest and proper care to get your shoulder healed.❤️

Hi Ken thanks for the videos, I used to canoe those lakes 30 years ago, now living in Europe your adventures let me revisit those days. Hope you heal up ok. I've had similar injury and fortunately rest and physio resolved my injury. Good luck.

Great video Ken. Freeing that skeg ON the water would have made great content! Haha, definitely been in that spot a few times..

I know that I suggested hanging with isometric therapy exercises. And it worked incredibly well for me. But sleeping positioned over pillows that form a slot for your arm to drop into was another part of my success. I bought an expensive foam system (Medicine) but you can do the same with a memory foam pillow under your rib cage and a parallel pillow under your head creates a slot. I don't need that since completing the 2 months of daily hanging anymore. But it sure helped me sleep during the early part of my recovery.