After a quick local recce with our local guides from NuAdventure, the sixteen-strong crew began to arrive with baggage and camera gear in tow. Comprising paddlers, professional models, photographers, camera assistants, videographers, producers, directors and creatives there were a lot of new faces but one in particular stood out. It was my first chance to meet Bee, an avid paddler who won her place on the trip after entering our global Facebook competition to be ‘the face’ of Red Paddle Co for the coming year. Understandably, she was nervous and beginning to wonder what she may have let herself in for. Thinking about it, I reckon we all were. No matter how many trips, adventures and shoots you have been on, there is always a sense of the unknown, it is a feeling you can never do away with, but you can learn to embrace.
