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Winter Paradise movie by Łukasz Pająk aka Mr Lucas

Here is a movie I would like to recommend for viewing. It's different from usual extreme whitewater productions. It is presented in a format of black and white silent movie. Even if you cannot read text in Polish you can still enjoy the action and humor. The movie was shot on the Kamienna River in Poland. Warning: it's a big file ~66Mb! So, be patient with downloading. It's worth it.

Early spring of 2005. A strong winter has been holding for several months. A group of kayakers went to Kamienna River. Tons of melting snow made the river flowing but not easily accessible ...

Another look at the Kamienna River is offered by a picture gallery from 2005 Polish Academic Championships in whitewater kayaking. You can check more movies by Polish kayakers at kajak.org.pl site. These are mostly whitewater movies (usually big files) and include documentaries from Canyon Colca 2002 and Himalyak 2003 expeditions.

I would like to shoot some of my paddling video clips in black and white. I've already started with my still pictures:

• South Platte River - Opening the Winter Paddling Season
• Black and White Pictures from Paddling
• Poudre River in Winter?
• Sea Wind, the Icebreaker