Bill Mason's Path of the Paddle Series

Bill Mason's Path of the Paddle Series

4 Movies

Join Bill Mason, seasoned canoeist, noted conservationist and wildlife expert as he explains and demonstrates the art of canoeing on quiet water and whitewater. Four film classics. Path of the Paddle: Quiet Water includes Solo Basic and Doubles Basic, two films that show the basic strokes in maintaining control in a canoe. Path of the Paddle Whitewater includes Solo Whitewater and Doubles Whitewater, which focuses on reading the rapids and using the basic paddling strokes to reduce the risk in whitewater canoeing and to increase the joy of a whitewater run.

ALL MOVIES IN ORDER

1. Path of the Paddle: Solo Basic
1977 · ★ 9.0
This short film from canoeist Bill Mason illustrates the joy and poetry of paddling solo. All the ba…
2. Path of the Paddle: Doubles Basic
1977 · ★ 9.0
This short film from canoeist Bill Mason demonstrates the basic doubles paddling strokes and how to …
3. Path of the Paddle: Solo Whitewater
1977 · ★ 8.0
This short film from canoeist Bill Mason explains clearly how to locate a deep water channel by read…
4. Path of the Paddle: Doubles Whitewater
1977 · ★ 9.0
This short film from canoeist Bill Mason shows how to read the rapids and plan a course and follow i…