SUP, girl?! Credit: Photo by John Anderson

Reel Paddling Film Festival

In its sixth year, this event features a full slate of happenings that’ll keep Austin weird, fit, and beautiful simultaneously. From 9 to 11am, Keep Austin Beautiful will lead a cleanup of Festival Beach followed by the Water­man’s Race (noon to 5pm). Next up (7pm) is the freestyle competition, with contestants showing off their hot-doggin’ skills on either stand-up paddleboard, kayak (playboat/creekboat and sit-on-top in separate divisions), or canoe, which should be just as much fun for spectators as the competitors. At 8:15pm, the Reel Paddling Film Fest begins. The RPFF screens the finest “whitewater, sea kayaking, canoeing, SUP and kayak fishing action and lifestyle films of the year,” with Austin as one of the more than 100 cities it’s visiting. A great day for film lovers and those who crave the outdoors alike. Sat., Aug. 13, 9am-11pm (doors for the film fest at 6pm). Fiesta Gardens, 2100 Jesse E. Segovia, 480-8318. $10 general admission, $5 for kids 12 and under. www.expeditionschool.org.

This article appears in August 12 • 2011.

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