Chris Gallaway and Spencer Cooke, both members of a kayaker/filmmaker group called Rapid Transit are scheduled to provide video coverage for the 3rd Annual Upper Green Race near Hendersonville NC.  

In 2008 Gallaway was honored with 1st place in two separate film festivals, the National Paddling Film Festival and the Reel Paddling Film Festival, for his production of THE GREEN RACE MOVIE, a film/DVD that chronicles his struggle as a class II-III kayaker to gain the skills needed to participate in the famous Green River Narrows Race.  

Cooke, who co-produced the film with Gallaway has also produced numerous popular paddling films, most recently THE EDDY FEELING, a film that focuses on the everyday lives of various kayakers as well as North Carolina’s Grand Canyon, The Linville Gorge.  

The two will be filming with their HD cameras around and about the Upper Green Race on Saturday, October 24th, 2009.  They plan to capture interviews with racers, event organizers and spectators as well as action shots throughout the class II-IV section of river.  The Upper Green is a section of river below Tuxedo Dam near Hendersonville NC that proceeds the class V-VI, Green River Narrows.  Most paddlers who frequent the Upper Green have not yet braved the Narrows and may not aspire to.  Upper or Narrows no matter, the Green River is a beautiful gem in the Western NC Mountains which will be conveyed through a short film covering the upcoming Upper Green Race.  Cooke and Gallaway plan to produce the film and broadcast it via RapidTransitVideo.com this coming Winter.