Rush Sturges

Filmmaker, Kayaker

Raised on the banks of California’s Salmon River, Rush started splashing around in kayaks before he could walk. By the age of 12, he had devoted himself to learning his way around rivers and cameras.

Rush studied film at The Art Institute of Vancouver, B.C., and has honed his filmmaking and paddling skills on location in some of the planet’s wildest places from Pakistan to China to the Democratic Republic of Congo. In 2009, Rush founded River Roots, a media production house based in his adopted hometown of White Salmon, WA.

Today, Rush is a successful documentary filmmaker and director with a focus on high-adrenaline action sports content that invites audiences to fall in love with the majesty of nature.