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PalmerFest and Canadian Instructor Conference

Palmerfest participants: 2 for 1 on any DVD titles and books through June 1st. Send me an email with a second title, after you place an order online.
I recently had opportunity to visit Canada, and visit with many of their top paddling instructors. While many of their issues are the same [...]

History of Kayaking project underway

We are having great success finding tremendous footage of the early days of kayaking. Someday, when our project is released, you will see advertisements for the first plastic kayaks, training films from the 1930s and see the sparkle of some of the sport’s pioneers. At this point we are planning a feature lenght [...]

Kents Spring schedule

In May we venture to Canada for a filming expedition to the Canadian Canoe Museum, and for a guest appearance at the First Canadian Whitewater Instructors Conference. Both promise to be great events. In between, we are sneaking off to Sugar Island, which is owned by the ACA on the St Lawrence. [...]

New Release, the Birth of Freestyle Kayaking

The Birth of Freestyle Kayaking combines three classic titles: Retendo, Take the Wild Ride, and Give us a River
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Get the most out of your local playspot!

Retendo! demonstrates and explains precision playpaddling, unlocking the secrets to cartwheels, squirt turns, and an array of exciting moves in a hole or off a pourover. Animation and other visual [...]

The Digitize Paddlesports Project

Performance Video has recently started the process of helping capture the great history of paddlesport. Our sport has a rich history, and we need to be sure it is preserved.
In closets across our country, film of the early days of paddling is decaying and is destroying our paddling history at an alarming rate. [...]