South Silver The First Descent

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Published 2021-01-11
It was late in the 1990's. Whitewater Kayaking was on the rise and most California rivers and creeks had already been found and paddled by the pioneers of CA Whitewater. A Local group of kayakers from the American River grab the first descent of a true diamond in the rough... The South Fork Silver Creek.



duncanmine.com/ : Robby Hogg

www.scottblankenfeld.com/ : Scott Blankenfeld

nickwarrenx.com/ : Nick Warren

All Comments (21)
  • @duncanmine3176
    We are so stoked to have this video complete. It was such fun for us to collaborate with our friends. Thank you for watching and please help us spread this story around. Like, subscribe and share away. Cheers!
  • @liamhurlburt9794
    gotta say, like 99% of the time kayaking videos and films just don't do it for me. This is the exception! I absolutely loved the storytelling approach, the interviews were absolutely key and really helped capture the energy and emotions of the FD. Such a cool film, fantastic work by the whole team. I can't wait for my chance to make it back to CA to run this myself!
  • @jacobstr
    What a rad video folks! Drove up there motel hunting and had no idea.
  • @millertime3591
    I could have watched hours of this. Great story. Fantastic production.
  • @jakecaminero
    Such a rad film guys. Love the respect you have for Northern California and the sport.
  • @chmith27
    Awesome thnx so much for sharing this
  • @beardawgstudios
    I love the historical approach you guys took to this video. It’s really cool hearing from the guys that did the run what each moment felt like! Fantastic film!!!
  • @Luke__Whelan
    Great film, cool to hear the background story with the whole free and to see the old school footage interspliced with the new!
  • @1kahala
    Super cool with the old footage parallel with more recent clips. Music is appropriately dramatic. Awesome stuff.
  • Thanks for putting this together and posting! Probably just nostalgic for my youth but wish there more videos like this, exploring and detailing the history and pioneers of whitewater kayaking! 90's and early 2000's me: so stoked to get the latest VHS copy of whitewater porn in the mail, good times!
  • @big1dog23
    Fun times. Incredible how the sport has progressed. That's about the same time I had to hang things up.
  • Incredible job on this. I will remember my first time kayaking South Silver for the rest of my life - one of the best runs in California, and maybe the world. Thanks to the boys (J-RAD!) that put SS on the map, and the filmmakers for bringing back some amazing memories!
  • Awesome to see how this all came together originally! Who knew Andrew, the Coloma Club and a Hi-8 camera would have been involved!
  • So cool. Amazing to see the archive footage intercut with more recent stuff...and so little of it from headcams! We need more of this in the whitewater community!
  • @crimsonraen
    Yeahhhhhh! SUCH a great run, thank you all SO much for putting it on the map! :D
  • @buckmanriver
    Wow. That was really fun to watch. I had no idea how new this creek was to kayaking. Thanks for sharing the history of this run!