Paddle to Seattle is documentary featuring J.J. Kelley, a television producer for National Geographic, and Josh Thomas, a carpenter from Seward, Alaska, as they decide to build sea kayaks from pygmy wooden kits and paddle 1,200 miles from Juneau, Alaska to Seattle–96 days of exploration and adventure along the North American Inside Passage.

“…[W]hen you have three months at eight hours a day, you get to know yourself very well. And that’s huge just to go inside your brain to try to make yourself a better person. You learn just to be yourself,” says Josh Thomas in a National Geographic Traveler interview.

Produced by Ben Gottfried

Bryan Smith, kayaker/filmmaker of Reel Water Productions and the 22-episode outdoor series The Season, scouts Dipper Creek –a tributary of British Columbia’s Upper Squamish River–along with Chris Trentwold, Shane Robinson, and Todd Gillman. Rope-work, rappelling, rock climbing, and creative portaging required…

Produced by Reel Water Productions

The Season | Episode 2: “Boater” Paul Kuthe sets to redefine the the sport of sea kayaking while exploring the Butze Rapids in northern British Columbia.

“It’s about being on the water with friends, and it doesn’t matter what craft you’re in and what genre of the sport you take after, or what you’re trying to push or change, we’re all just boaters…”

Produced by Fitz Cahall & Bryan Smith

Crystal Gorge: Roaring Fork Valley kayakers Fred Norquist and Jake Sakson take on the Crystal River’s short, two-mile run above Marble, Colorado–4-wheel drives required. This footage is part of Forge Motion Pictures’ WildWater–a kayaking movie chronicling destinations throughout the Rocky Mountains, Grand Canyon, and Ecuador.

Produced by Forge Motion Pictures

A man’s struggle to find his birthright: Californian Michael Mitchell–a spinal cord survivor from a teenage surfing accident–displays a daily ritual of independence and his desire to be “free,” “fluid,” “natural,” and more like his “God-given self”…

Produced by Sean Mullens