I am from Wisconsin. I have an elderly cat and 2 dogs. I occasionally play music and ride my Triumph Motorcycles. I enjoy the outdoors and exploring or a good challenge. I’m not an expert at anything, just finally getting around to doing the things I want to do.
Devil's Lake is so beautiful... The views are totally worth all the climbing up those rocky bluffs! Liked how you picked up on some of the smaller things, too, like the potholes and the textures in the rock 👍
It’s fascinating how the place was formed geologically and how much can be changed by heavy tourism. Not saying it’s good or bad. It just changes. We have to see it while we can. Thanks for watching and commenting!
best canoe stroke tutorial I have seen, I'm 72, ...I saw beautiful descriptions of strokes that I thought were just my own, developed ion years of my white water, lake and ocean canoing
Some things come naturally to people and some just make sense. Bill is good at making the difficult seem natural. Ocean canoeing? Wow, that must be a wild ride! Thanks for watching.
I appreciate you sharing. I agree theirs is better. I’m sure they had better equipment for transferring to digital. Not much competition. Thanks for watching and thanks for supporting the NFB!
My parents got a canoe for us in the mid 90s along with this video when I was a boy. We watched this before going out and in between our first trips on the old local river. I learned so much and continue to learn more as I rewatch it. Thank you Jason brown for posting so I don’t have to dig out the old VHS player.
Far out! We used to poke fun at Bill Mason’s short shorts as kids. But boy does he earn them with his skills! Very cool you shared the same experience. Maybe one day I’ll find myself in that same river this was filmed at. Unfortunately, where we were the river was quite old, so it was never nearly as exciting or beautiful as what’s shown in this film. Staggering to think how much work it was to film and put together. Love the music too.
I've been going up LSPP for the past 6 years and always heard about bills name but never dived into his documentaries. It's amazing to see the exact same landscape untouched from his film in the 80s. A very inspiring individual who cares just as much as I do about a certain place. A place stuck in the heart forever.
19:20 I learned this the hard way my first day out on my new canoe. Wicked winds, I stumbled around every which way till I finally ended up facing backwards and I could make headway again and got to shore.
Greetings from Ireland, This is a Lovely Video, Bought an Old Town Canadian Canoe a couple of years back and did not know there was so many strokes. Gonna try those out soon!
i just picked up a cedar strip and canvas canoe, and i watched this film to brush up on my technique. but it has also empowered me to cut a pair of jeans into shorts and match them with a cravat. thank you nfb!
I wish could go again, but it’s hard to find the time. Plus, my parents are too old now and my friends aren’t interested. May have to solo! Thanks for watching.
By watching and rewatching and studying his videos, Bill Mason became the mentor i never knew, and helped me appreciate the art of canoe handling, enjoy it more completely. The canoe is simply more elegant on flat water, and more of a challenge in whitewater than kayaking, which is in total its greater appeal. Thanks for posting these....
