#22 - April 2, 2008 - THIS IS OLD STUFF. I'm glad you found it but....there is more current content over at our blog

#21 - Oct. 28 - Quietwater received a very nice bit of newspaper coverage today. Here is a pdf of the article that was written by Brian Lavendel and published in the Outdoors section of the Wisconsin State Journal.

#20 - Oct. 23 - Prior to discovering Vimeo this week, I had not heard of high definition online video. So I uploaded a rough cut to see what online high def video looks like. I think it looks great. This clip is taken from a canoe design segment of the tandem canoe movie. If you view this clip, be sure and click the "full" icon in the lower right corner. That will give you the HD screen.

#19 - Oct. 12 - Here's a rough cut featuring some new talent - Darren's dog Gracie, as she makes her debut in front of the camera. Look for more footage of Gracie and paddling with dogs, in our upcoming movie - "paddling the tandem canoe".

#18 - Oct. 12 - Google Earth is a free desktop application. It is a Google "thing" and can be freely downloaded to your own computer. I've been messing around with it and recently produced my very first KML file (Keyhole Markup Language) that will show you an aerial view of Lake Wazeecha , which was the subject of our first "pleasant place to paddle" column featured in our newsletter. Please note that for the link to work and the KML file to open, you first need to have downloaded Google Earth.

#17 - Oct. 10 - We added a quick little podcast in iTunes, on canoeing with your Dog. Darren's dog is "Gracie". He offers some notes on what he did to get Gracie comfortable in a canoe. Here's a link to the Quietwater Films podcast

#16 - Oct. 2 - This weekend we will be starting our third DVD/movie. This one will cover tandem canoeing. Shooting will take place on the Wisconsin River and at Devil's Lake.

#15 - Sept. 13 - The kayaking DVD has been released. You can purchase it from our website and view some clips of it online as well. This is a big "yahoo" moment for us! We hope you will enjoy it as well!

#14 - August 27 - Over the weekend we added some video podcasts to iTunes. iTunes is worth a look, there are some other interesting podcasts as well.

#13 - August 25 - added a video demo showing some of the canoe stroke content.

#12 - August 21, 2007 - In spite of a few breaks to deal with the downside of my new beach front property, today was a good day. We burned our final test copies of the kayak DVD. Replication is the next step!

#11 - August 20, 2007 - Immense amounts of rain here in south central Wisconsin have given many people, including me, some unexpected urban, even backyard, paddling opportunities!

#10 - August 15, 2007 - put up some new video clips on the site today -

• Canoe clips
• Intro to "paddling the recreational kayak"
• scenes from "paddling the recreational kayak"

#9 August 13, 2007 - Back from the Outdoor Retailer show in Salt Lake City. The OR show is to Outdoor Rec what Comdex was to Information Technology. Our newest DVD " paddling the recreational kayak" was well received.

#8 August 4, 2007 - It's Saturday. Thankfully cloudy, so it is easy to stay in and check through our second DVD. We will unveil it out at the Outdoor Retailer show in Salt Lake City.

#7 July 28, 2007 - Sadly, the Tour de France is nearing an end. Even though this year's version has seen some drug-induced ugliness, cycling remains one of my favorite non-water sports. The end of the tdf is also the first harbinger of the end of summer. Happily, we are done editing the kayak dvd and should have that out the door asap.

#6 July 5, 2007 - We (Jeff B and family) went to our favorite spot in Wisconsin for the July 4th holiday. South Wood County Park surrounds Lake Wazeecha, right in the middle of Wisconsin. Wisconsin Rapids is the closest city. The campground that is part of SWCP is the nicest campground I've been to in the state so far. Lake Wazeecha is a little gem. Especially in the early AM before the motorboats are out.

#5 June 18, 2007 - This really needs to be a blog.

#4 June 12, 2007 - Final day of filming kayak content. We've been trying to do more in an urban setting. Partly because a.) Madison, WI., where we all live, is full of lakes. b.) We can get up early and be filming in the AM before the wind starts to blow. Wind noise is a real hassle. c.) Paddling in urban areas is a great way to get more time on the water. Too many people save up their time all the while waiting for the vacation. We're trying to save our time AND fit a bunch of quick, pleasant trips into our days.

#3 mid-May, 2007 - A letter came in the mail today informing us that our first movie, "paddling the solo canoe" had won a Telly Award. Made for a nice surprise in the mail. Like your refund check from the IRS only without the money.

#2 March 9, 2007 - The title of our movie "paddling the solo canoe" is purposely titled with lower case words. Why? Even though we are both big fans of the English language...even native speakers, we decided to let our rebellious inner selves out and spell the title in lower case words. It is not a typo, we did it on purpose. Sorry Mom. And yes I can remember my high school English teacher - Joe Giesen - I wonder where he is now?

#1 January 29, 2007 - Back from a whirlwind winter tour of Tennessee looking for (and finding) enough open water in which we can film our first movie. Happily, we found a great camera operator, Mike Samstag, (thanks DVX user) who met us early Saturday morning and led us to a perfect setting on Watts Bar Lake, TN.