By Joe Winowski | Photos Seth Warren
When photographer Seth Warren first traveled to Iceland it was with a posse of whitewater kayakers in search of uncharted rivers. Unplanned and more of an impromptu layover than intended expedition, the Iceland side trip was marked with rivers of exposed rocks and dangerously low flow levels. Seth’s trip was short lived when he broke both ankles dropping his first waterfall on day one. A year later Seth and his group returned to Iceland to successfully open up a host of new rivers, and having left boats with the friends they met along the way, the seeds of whitewater kayaking were planted in Iceland’s fertile waterways. Fourteen years later, Seth revisited the idea of exploring Iceland’s waters, this time without a boat, but with the pull of a kite. His old whitewater friends directed him to Ingó Olsen with Arctic Surfers, an outfitter based out of Reykjavík, who has earned a reputation for delivering the secret goods for legendary surfers like Dane Reynolds, Timmy Curran, Dan Malloy and Chris Burkhard. Seth recruited his friends from Baja’s Exotikite kite school to pile into a sprinter van and explore the West Fjords of Iceland.
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