Ben Earle drowned in a terrible kayaking accident on a river near clearwater in BC canada yesterday. Ben and Adrian Kiernan were running the creek when Ben went under a log. Repeated attempts to rescue Ben Failed and he drowned.
Bens life is a devastating loss, he was a true friend and a truly great kayaker.

Sorry to pass on such sad news..

Thorpie

Well after many late nights and a whole lot of work from all involved, our first video Downunder the Horizonline is now being released via the Heliconia Press. "Downunder the Horizonline follows three Aussie kayakers and their mates on their travels around the globe, cameras in hand, proving that you can live your dream without having a dream bank account! Skippy Films presents this entertaining DVD about grabbing a boat and getting out there. The rivers of the world are waiting to be paddled!" Downunder the Horizonline includes footage from Canada, USA, Norway, and has more Australian whitewater footage than has ever been seen before.

Now to win free gear you just have to answer this question.....What musical instrument does Colin play in the movie Downunder the Horizonline by Skippy Films? The first 4 people email jez on our crew page here with the right answer will win a free set of pants courtesy of Mountain Khakis, COOL!!

Skippy Films tour with the World premier of Downunder the Horizonline. The Tour will take in Sydney, Canberra, Victoria, Tasmania and New Zealand as well as premiers all over the USA thanks to World Kayak and a 10 min showcase will be shown as part of the Reel Film Festival.

February 7, 2008 Toronto, ON The Complete Paddler
February 16, 2008 Thunder Bay, ON Chaltrek & Ostrom Outdoors
February 16 & 17, 2008 New York, NY Hudson River Paddling Guild
February 20, 2008 Pembroke, ON Algonquin College in th Ottawa Valley
February 23, 2008 Kingston, NY Kenco the Work and Play Outfitter
February 29, 2008 Kamloops, BC Thompson Rivers University -Adventure Studies Department
March 4, 2008 Calgary, AB Aquabatics
March 5 & 6, 2008 Victoria, BC Ocean River Sports
March 9, 2008 San Ignacio, BZ Belize Canoe Association
March 12, 2008 Abbotsford, BC Western Canoing & Kayaking
March 13, 2008 North Creek, NY Avantura
March 22, 2008 Waterloo, ON Princess Cinemas
March 27, 2008 Kingston, ON Trailhead Kingston
March 28, 2008 Owen Sound, ON Suntrail Outfitters Inc
March 28, 2008 Sudbury, ON Ramakko's Source for Adventure
March 28, 2008 Somerset, NJ The Jersey Paddler
April 3, 2008 Vancouver, BC MEC
April 5, 2008 Yellowknife, NWT Paddlers for Parts Association
April 9, 2008 Gaspe, QU Cegep de la Gaspesie et des iles
April 12, 2008 Ottawa, ON Trailhead Ottawa
April 13, 2008 Leamington, ON Pelee Wings Nature Store
April 16 & 17, 2008 Arlington, MA REI
April 25, 2008 Gettysburg, PA Gettysburg College
April 25, 2008 Timmins, ON Porcupine Ski Runners Inc
April 30, 2008 Huntsville, ON Algonquin Outfitters
May 2, 2008 Nobel, ON White Squall Paddling Centre
May 17, 2008 Palmer Rapids, ON Rapid Media Inc
May 16-18, 2008 Old Forge, NY JMF Publishing INC
May 23, 2008 Unknown Adventure Attic
May 24, 2008 Minneapolis. MN Midwest Mountaineering
June 13, 2008 Forester Falls, ON Madawaska Kanu Centre
June 14 & 15, 2008 Unknown Aquan Sports
June 20 & 21, 2008 Holland, MI Kayak-Kayak
June 20. 2008 Rossport, ON Naturally Superior Adventures
September 19, 2008 Port Townsend, WA West Coast Sea Kayak Symposium
September 25 - 27, 2008 Aransas Pass, TX Everythign Kayak! Expo

DVD cover and disk artwork is completed, check them out here and here
Scott Bewley from Victoria gets on board and has put together an awesome section for the DVD on the Sevens Creek
Webpage goes multimedia as music from the DVD is streamed to listen to
Skippy films gets a new webpage www.skippyfilms.com
Skippy Films enters the Reel Film Festival
Skippy Films Skippy Films links up with The Heliconia Press for world wide distrubution of Downunder the Horizonline
Rapid Magazine does a write up about Jez and his kayak bungy
Jez throws himself and his kayak off a bungy tower with the awesome help of AJ Hackett Bungy
CUMEC Magazine does an article on Skippy Films
A few first descents in the Australian Snowy Mountains with Chris Darlington
All three paddle the Leven Gorge with a few sweet waterfalls, the first preview by Skippy Films is made. A helmet and boat is broken.
Colin, Jez and Adrian all get to the Teva Lea Race in Tasmania
Jon Best rips it up in Canada
Adrian goes to Skook and fires up some BC rivers
Nick Troutman goes big on the Black River and Bus Eater Canada
Snow boating in the Australian Snowy Mountains
Spencer Cook talks about his lifestyle
Colin gets on the water with some local guys from Norway, http://roimeloo.net/blog2
Jason Craig slides on his face at the New River put in and breaks teeth
Jez and the Australian Men's rafting team get 10th place in the World Rafting Championships in Korea. Some teams get flipped and pined.
Adrian wins the Clearwater festival Down River Competition
Jez makes a trip to the USA and boats on rivers in the South East with Spencer Cook
Video of a boat breaker on the Green River. The concave nose.
Darin McQuoid goes a little Western in the USA
Adrian gets some footage from the 2007 World Freestyle Kayaking Championships
Robbie J explains why the hike in to the river is more dangerous than the river itself in Far North Queensland
Jez heads to Far North Queensland and has a near miss with a Crock on the water