Tipping Barrels

Tipping Barrels from Sitka on Vimeo.

I saw this video on the Wend Magazine blog a few months ago and am surprised I haven't seen it everywhere since. This is a welcome exception to the hours of well-filmed but monotonous surf films. The cinematography is great and the surfing's pretty mediocre, but it has much more going for it than just that. It's a genuinely engaging take on an environmental issue that might otherwise seem quite remote or even irrelevant. This looks like an incredible place to see by kayak. Some screen shots from the video below the fold:

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