"The Uncalculated Risk is the first film in an excellent whitewater safety series produced by the American Red Cross in the late 1970's. It's noteworthy for not sugarcoating the hazards, and it pulls no punches in laying out the fastest ways to get yourself killed in whitewater sports. The opening sequence, filmed on the Nantahala River in North Carolina, is a very realistic depiction of a classic foot entrapment. Cinematographer Russ Nichols did a superb job filming it. One of the film's narrators is Payson Kennedy, co-founder of the Nantahala Outdoor Center, a nationally recognized school for paddlers."
The film also has some nostalgic shots of Blue Hole canoes stuffed with foam block and tire tube flotation and paddled with Norseclubs paddles.
The film also has some nostalgic shots of Blue Hole canoes stuffed with foam block and tire tube flotation and paddled with Norse