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. Rush is also passionate about uplifting the voices and messages of Indigenous communities, and in 2022 he co-founded the “Paddle Tribal Waters” program with Rios to Rivers designed to teach tribal youth the sport of kayaking. He is currently working on a feature documentary film that follows tribal youth as they train to become the first group of people to successfully whitewater kayak the Klamath River from source to sea once the dams are removed in 2024.In addition to paddling and filmmaking, Rush is a dedicated musician whose songs have racked up millions of streams and touched the hearts and minds of a new generation of music listeners.