This awesome video features two of our favorite people: local photographer, videographer and RichmondOutside contributor Elli Morris and Riverside Outfitters raft guide/jack-of-all-trades Mitch Davis.

Davis shows his skills at whitewater standup paddleboarding, navigating Richmond’s gnarly downtown rapids . He talks about the importance of clean water, how it is everyone’s responsibility, and why it matters to him particularly as  a SUP’er. Davis also discusses the value of waterparks and why such a park would be beneficial along the Falls of the James. This is the beginning of a series of interviews from Morris on people sharing a particular goal they have for the health of the James River. The video premiered a couple of weeks back at Films on the Floodwall.