Sunday, February 10, 2013

Paddling a canoe in Safe Haven - try again folks!

Last night I caught the trailer for the new Nicholas Sparks movie #SafeHaven.  It seems to follow the Sparks theme of new romance, water, agonizing decisions and so on.

Buried in the movie trailer was a snippet of the two main characters canoeing.  Kudos for including a paddlesport!  However shouldn't someone on the writing staff or movie crew known (or researched) that when two people are paddling a canoe, both people face forward!?

One could argue that the flatwater environment means very little work for the front seat paddler, especially when every stroke is backwards.  Perhaps there are few obstacles in this flatwater environment - no sunken logs, no tree stumps, etc.  However, it makes for better movie making if the two love interests can look deeply into each others eyes...maybe next time they'll get a rowboat.

You can watch the trailer here... the canoeing sequence begins around 1:21.

Friday, February 8, 2013

Humpback whale with a canoe in Hawaii

Just a little reassurance that this will *never* happen on one of Michigan's rivers or lakes....
 
The type of canoe shown in the video is definitely intended for open waters, and the video is a tad repetitive.  This encounter with wildlife could have gone much worse!