Winter Beauty (or “Winter Drones On”)

A few cold-weather drone videos show the beauty of winter in Wisconsin. Shot with a DJI Avata and a DJI Mini 2 and edited with Cyberlink Power Director 360. Still learning and having fun. Ski Trails near Lakewood Bay of Green Bay Wequiock Falls near Green Bay

Learning to Fly

After flying a cinematic-type drone for about a year, there’s a new addition to my “fleet”– a DJI Avata drone, which takes me into the world of First Person View (FPV) flying. The video below is my first attempt at combining two passions — kayaking and FPV drone flying. Let […]

Clean-up and Fun on the Wolf River

On a chilly 35°F day we spent about 4-1/2 hours on the river picking up bottles, cans, flipflops, and other trash on Section 4 of the Wolf in the Menominee Reservation in Northern Wisconsin. Here’s footage of the named rapids. In hindsight I should have shot more of the trash-gathering […]

Team River Runner Returns to Wausau

During Team River Runner’s annual whitewater event at Wausau Whitewater Park July 16 & 17, we advanced our on-the-water skills, safety and learned more about the healing power of personal achievement. Here are my video and photos. A big thanks to Mike Schroeder and Wayne Meverden for the additional footage […]

Pesh Fest 2022

The Peshtigo River was running big last weekend — about 1,100 CFS or 18″ on the bridge gauge — perfect water for Pesh Fest hosted by Kosir’s River Rafting near Silver Cliff, WI. Matt Walker, Justin Peterson and I agreed to get there early Saturday for a “practice run.” We […]

Views of a Lighthouse

With a snowstorm projected to hit today (it did), yesterday seemed like a good time to shoot video at the Cana Island Lighthouse (it was). The lighthouse is located just north of Baileys Harbor in Door County, Wisconsin. Along with the Baileys Harbor Range Lights, the lighthouse was built to […]

Kayak surfing at Sheboygan on a blustery November afternoon

The wave forecast looked promising and the webcam confirmed it, so John and I answered the call for some Lake Michigan kayak surfing. Air temperature was 37F and water was only slightly warmer but the waves were big and well-spaced so we had to go. With a surprise appearance by […]

Attempting to kayak surf on Lake Michigan during a small craft advisory

Strong wind out of the north pretty much blew out the waves at Sheboygan yesterday afternoon. Not good for surfing but good for an adrenaline rush. With Josh Gundlach and John Hermanson.