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Our 2027 calendar is ready to pre-order!⁠
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After a flood of photo submissions we're stoked to share that our annual calendar is in production with pre-orders starting today. So many great memories were shared from across Canada from family trips to intense expeditions and all the great moments in-between.⁠
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Purchasing a calendar does more than you might think. Yes you get a wicked cool calendar to show off your paddling spirit, but you're also supporting our youth focused grants and scholarships that foster paddling in the next generation.⁠
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Secure your copy today through the link in our bio 🔗⁠
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*Chosen photographers will be contacted in the coming days.⁠
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📸 Sofie Sharom (@sofiesharom) by @paddlecanada

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15 hours ago

🎞️ "Urban Paddling"⁠
🏆️ Winner: Shorts⁠
🎥 Directed by Matt Morris (@snowbankproductions)⁠
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Matt Morris learns that boating is allowed on a little lake in the core of Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. He proceeds to design and then build a 12' 5" canoe that weighs just over 11 pounds and features a clear vinyl skin. He also designs a towing system that allows him to hook the canoe to his bicycle for a ride down a city trail to the lake. ⁠
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The 5 minute film wraps up highlighting the peaceful moments with the canoe while he uses some of the innovative and at times hilarious paddles he has crafted--all right in the heart of the bustling city.⁠
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Find this film and 15 other adventure stories in this year's Waterwalker Film festival. Interested in hosting a screening? Email us at "waterwalker@paddlecanada.com" for more details.⁠ by @paddlecanada

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3 days ago

🎞️ "On The Brazos"⁠
🏆️ Winner: Educational⁠
🎥 Directed by Abe Moore⁠
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Join two friends as they enjoy a fishing trip on the John Graves Scenic Riverway. Along the way, meet the folks working hard to protect the Brazos headwaters from invasive plants and threats to endangered fish. ⁠
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Also, see how Striped Bass are produced at the Possum Kingdom Fish Hatchery. See how folks are giving back to the river they love by picking up trash during the annual Brazos river cleanup project.⁠
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Find this film and 15 other adventure stories in this year's Waterwalker Film festival. Interested in hosting a screening? Email us at "waterwalker@paddlecanada.com" for more details.⁠ by @paddlecanada

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5 days ago

🎞️ "Born Of Ice"⁠
🏆️ Winner: Environmental⁠
🎥 Directed by Viktor Björnström, Erik Holmer⁠
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Sjoa. Among whitewater kayakers, the name carries something legendary, almost mythical. A river in Norway that today is associated with an entire region of extraordinary paddling waters. What few people know is that the source of this power is fading, just as it is in many other parts of Europe, making the future of whitewater kayaking increasingly uncertain.⁠
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We follow Erik, an Olympic kayaker, as he and his friends move through the landscape, floating between white mountain peaks and green valleys. Here, he rediscovers a joy for paddling that he has long been missing. But the retreating glaciers surrounding them stir emotions and raise questions within Erik, questions that seem best answered by nature itself.⁠
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Find this film and 15 other adventure stories in this year's Waterwalker Film festival. Interested in hosting a screening? Email us at "waterwalker@paddlecanada.com" for more details.⁠ by @paddlecanada

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7 days ago

🎞️ "North to South - The French River Documentary"⁠
🏆️ Winner: Amateur⁠
🎥 Directed by Pete Parke (@latitudes.films)⁠
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In the deep autumn of 2020, Peter and friends took on the challenge of canoeing the entire length of the beautiful and historic French River in northern Ontario, Canada. 170 kms of water was ahead of them, ever changing from wide, to narrow; from ambient, to violent. ⁠
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The season brought many challenges with the fluctuating weather and temperatures, but also brought a beautiful display of fall colours for them to absorb as they paddled along.⁠
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Find this film and 15 other adventure stories in this year's Waterwalker Film festival. Interested in hosting a screening? Email us at "waterwalker@paddlecanada.com" for more details.⁠ by @paddlecanada

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9 days ago

🎞️ "Carp Fear"⁠
🏅 Official Selection⁠
🎥 Directed by Joshua Duncan (@carp.fear)⁠
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Carp Fear takes audiences on a journey to discover the most detrimental threat to the Great Lakes: Invasive Carp. Through interviewing anglers, biologists, and members of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Carp Fear uncovers this threat, and teaches audiences what they can do to prevent it.⁠
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Find this film and 15 other adventure stories in this year's Waterwalker Film festival. Interested in hosting a screening? Email us at "waterwalker@paddlecanada.com" for more details.⁠ by @paddlecanada

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11 days ago

🎞️ "Get A Room!"⁠
🏆️ Winner: Sea Kayak⁠
🎥 Directed by Chessy Knight⁠
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This is a wild and hairy story of two sea kayakers, Warren and Chessy, as they play in Deception Pass. Warren also designed and built the two beautiful kayaks that they take into the Pass.⁠
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"I liked the underwater footage, and the blending of paddling and boat building. Some interesting history that kayaking-geeks will appreciate." - Waterwalker Judge⁠
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Find this film and 15 other adventure stories in this year's Waterwalker Film festival. Interested in hosting a screening? Email us at "waterwalker@paddlecanada.com" for more details.⁠ by @paddlecanada

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13 days ago

🎞️ "The Canoeist"⁠
🏅 Official Selection⁠
🎥 Directed by Peter Parke (@latitudes.films)⁠
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Filmed along some of the most famous Canadian canoe routes as well as parts still mostly undiscovered, this film tells the story of a solo canoeist named David exploring a route he has never done. David faces the challenges and choices of a river unknown to him, and the film shows the journey from David's own perspective. ⁠
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Through narration, the film follows David as he paddles, portages, and camps in some of the most beautiful and rugged wilderness destinations of northern Ontario.⁠
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Find this film and 15 other adventure stories in this year's Waterwalker Film festival. Interested in hosting a screening? Email us at "waterwalker@paddlecanada.com" for more details.⁠ by @paddlecanada

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15 days ago

Paddle Canada proudly stands with our Indigenous peoples on this very important day 🧡⁠
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As paddlers, we spend time a lot of our time on lands and waters shaped by generations of Indigenous Peoples. Reconciliation asks us to better understand these histories, recognize the responsibilities we share, and consider how we can move forward with greater respect, awareness, and care.⁠
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🧡 Every Child Matters. by @paddlecanada

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15 days ago

🎞️ "Raised By The Canoe"⁠
🏆️ Winner: Documentary⁠
🎥 Directed by Cathrine Paul⁠
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The Terry Lee Canoe Club, from Sts’ailes First Nation (Chehalis), began decades ago as a family-based crew. This beautiful dugout canoe brought family and friends together. It's history is rich with culture and stories shared by the founders and early members. ⁠
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Today, the club is experiencing a powerful resurgence as the next generation carries on the canoe culture and strives to nurture and care for its reestablishment.⁠
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Find this film and 15 other adventure stories in this year's Waterwalker Film festival. Interested in hosting a screening? Email us at "waterwalker@paddlecanada.com" for more details. by @paddlecanada

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17 days ago

🎞️ "Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage"⁠
🏆️ Winner: Inspirational⁠
🎥 Directed by Liz McGregor (@boondocsfilm)⁠
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Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage follows Susan Baur, the 85-year-old leader, and her crew of fearless women as they defy limits, protect the environment, and rediscover wonder and joy through water and community. A reminder that adventure and activism know no age.⁠
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Find this film and 15 other adventure stories in this year's Waterwalker Film festival. Interested in hosting a screening? Email us at "waterwalker@paddlecanada.com" for more details.⁠ by @paddlecanada

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19 days ago

🎞️ "The Journeying"⁠
🏆️ Winner: SUP⁠
🎥 Directed by Chris Ward⁠
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On a multi-day stand-up paddle-board journey to his childhood home in Iowa, a Colorado father and four friends confront the humor, hardship, and uncertainty of middle age.⁠
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Chris Ward is a middle school science teacher, producer, and director of A Long Way From Nowhere. Over the past nine years he has produced over 430 episodes of his adventure podcast Like a Bigfoot, interviewing a wide variety of adventure athletes.⁠
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Find this film and 15 other adventure stories in this year's Waterwalker Film festival. Interested in hosting a screening? Email us at "waterwalker@paddlecanada.com" for more details.⁠ by @paddlecanada

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21 days ago