Kayak Fishing Radio Double L Show April 16, 2013

I promise a full report with photos of shooting OSOM's "Search for the Perfect Day" Episode 1-3 on location on the Redwood Coast, Everglades and Keys, and Kauai, Hawaii very soon!

I wanted to let everyone know, in the mean time, I have been invited to be the featured guest on Kayak Fishing Radio's Double L show tomorrow (Tuesday 4/16/13) at 5pm Pacific/8pm Eastern. I'll bee talking about paddling and fishing as well as shooting on location for Perfect Day. I will be sharing video clips in the chat room during the show!

If you're in the Portland, Oregon area, join us at the Reel Paddling Film Festival on April 25th, 2013 at the Mission Theater where we are showing a short home-town only preview of Search for the Perfect Day as well as Q&A with the team after the preview. Doors are at 5:30, films start at 7pm. Tickets are available at both Alder Creek locations or at the theater day of show for $6. All proceeds benefit Willamette Riverkeeper.

Stick around that weekend (April 27th & 28th) for Alder Creek's 8th annual Paddle Festival at Vancouver Lake. Enjoy free demos of hundreds of kayaks, canoes, and SUP boards, as well as skills clinics. I'll be there giving kayak fishing clinics as well!

I hope to see you there!

-Jason

825 Likes 68% Funded 4 Days to Go!

We're incredibly grateful and humbled by the support we've received so far for our current video project; "The Search for the Perfect Day". We're 68% of the way to our all or nothing funding goal with less than four days remaining. It's coming down to the wire, but with your likes, shares, and pledges, we can get there.

We've added another new reward: Make a pledge to our Kickstarter Fundraising Page (new or existing, increase your pledge, and/or refer a friend who pledges and let us know and we'll put your name in the hat for a drawing of one of two signed, limited edition 26x13 prints of "My Back Yard" by Todd Fischer Surf-Art, who is profiled in Episode 1: The Redwood Coast.

Pledge $500 and we'll send you 1 of 10 signed prints, Project DVD, Team OSOM T-shirt, Team OSOM photo calendar, and Team OSOM decal.

Like/Share/Pledge here: http://kck.st/SfJf3h

Thank you all from the bottom of our hearts!

Team OSOM (Jason, Shay, & Chris)

Exploring Caves by Sea Kayak with Team OSOM

We're one week in to our Kickstarter fundraising campaign to help support our current project over at Team OSOM called, "The Search for the Perfect Day".

At the time of posting, we've raised 20% of the funds needed with twenty-five days left to reach our goal. If we don't hit our target, we won't receive any of the pledges, although if we continue at this pace we feel confident we'll get there.

We truly appreciate everyone who has supported this project so. If you haven't yet, we've got some great items like OSOM decals, T-shirts, photo calendars, and you can pre-order the DVD's as well. Click the Kickstarter link above for details.

We made this video of Team Member Chris Bensch exploring caves by sea kayak on the Oregon coast to help support our campaign. We hope you enjoy it, and we hope you will join us in our mission to inspire people to get outside and into nature.

Thank you!

-Jason and the rest of Team OSOM

Kickstarter Fundraising Campaign

Our Kickstarter Campaign is now live! We have until 2/7 to raise the $9000 needed to produce our project "the Search for the Perfect Day" We can exceed it, but if we don't reach our goal, we don't get anything.

Check out our project video here:


And please click this link to go to our project page and make a contribution:  OSOM Kickstarter Page

Thank you so much! With your help, we can make this important project a reality!

Project Announcement

I'm getting ready for my next project called "the Search for the Perfect Day" with Team OSOM and we need your help to make it happen. The project is a three part video series shot on location in the Redwoods of Northern California, Florida Everglades and Keys, and the island of Kauai, Hawaii. The goal of this project is to inspire others to seek adventure in the outdoors by showing them our own. Exploration, adventure, paddling, surfing, fishing, and time spent with good friends in some of the most beautiful natural places in America is what it's all about. By sharing our journey with others, we hope to initiate a deeper connection between viewers and nature, and therefor increase the understanding of the value of what's at stake. With a greater appreciation of the value of the natural world, the motivation for stewardship of the places we play will grow.

We're launching our Kickstarter crowd-funding campaign to make it easier for people to contribute to the project. If you're not sure what Kickstarter is or how crowd-funding works, please click the link above. We're launching the campaign on 1/7 with the promo video set to launch 1/10. We'll have 30 days in an all or nothing campaign to raise the funds needed to complete the project. If we don't hit our goal, we get nothing. Which means it's more important than ever to contribute and share our project with your friends. As extra motivation we've added some sweet items you'll receive for all levels of contribution from $10 to $5000.

Here's a preview of the project on the Kickstarter website: Link to the Search for the Perfect Day.

We'll post again on 1/7 when the campaign goes live and is open for contribution.

We are giving a series of presentations over the next two months in support of our feature article about our Portland to Ocean Trashpedition in Sea Kayaker Magazine out now. If you're in the area during any of these presentations, we'd love to see you there!

January 14th @ Alder Creek Kayak & Canoe - Portland, Oregon

January 25th @ Golden Gate Sea Kayak Symposium - Marin, California

February 22nd @ Florida Internation Sea Kayak Symposium - St. Petersburg, Florida

We're looking to ad a presentation date in Kauai, Hawaii between March 10th and 15th while we're there shooting for our next project. If you or anyone you know might be interested in hosting this, please contact us!

How to Catch Crab From Your Sea Kayak

I put together a quick edit of GoPro footage shot during the OSOM Perfect Day Project. While it's not overly exciting, it serves as a good instructional piece for others.

If you're interested in learning the finer details of quick and easy ways to catch and prepare fresh seafood while kayaking, I'm running two full day, on water classes at the Lumpy Waters Symposium in Pacific City, OR on Saturday, October 20th and Sunday the 21st.. Click HERE for registration info.

Kayak Angler's Choice Awards 2012:

There is a little over a week left to vote for your favorites in the 2012 Kayak Angler's Choice Awards. I've been nominated for Kayak Angler, Kayak Fishing Guide, and this blog has been nominated for Kayak Fishing Blog of the Year. I'm honored to be on such a prestigious list of kayak anglers, and would appreciate your vote. Voting closes on October 10th.