Average Row, a YouTuber with a career plan
YOUTH REACHES OUT TO THE OUTDOORS
BY JEFF MORRISON
ROWAN (ROW) ELSMORE, a 12-year
old Grade 6 student from Orleans, is
creating a buzz in the online world. An
avid “Vlogger” (that’s “video blogger”
for out-of-date readers) with an
impressive 2,000+ subscribers on his
YouTube channel, young Row dreams of
becoming an outdoor travel writer and
making a career out of the pastime he
enjoys so immensely.
www.fishhuntandride.ca
His dad John, a sales manager at Bel-Air
Toyota in Orleans, said every step of the way
the family has “encouraged and supported
his passion by allowing him to use any of
the camera and filmmaking equipment we
have in our household.
“We helped Rowan get his channel going
by getting a digital SLR that we let him
use to start filming. Since then Rowan has
been able to save his own money to get his
own … and even recently he saved up and
purchased his own phantom drone.”
If you’re not familiar with the impact and
market potential of “YouTubing,” it’s time to
crawl out from under the boulder where you’ve
been since 1998. YouTube and vlogging is huge
business among today’s youth, and I have no
doubt Row will find his niche in this marketplace.
On his channel called AverageRow, you can
watch him covering things like how-to’s for
Rubik’s cube, GoPro filming techniques, tips
for video gamers and – my personal favourite
– salmon fishing on the Ganaraska River. His
Dad John told me Row plans a lot more fishing
videos this summer.
Rowan Elsmore with a small carp caught
on the Ottawa River at Petrie Island
A tip of a seasoned fisherman’s hat to a lad
of tender age with a promising career path
mapped out. We at Fish, Hunt & Ride will
keep a close eye on AverageRow to see what’s
in store next.
Check out AverageRow on YouTube at
www.youtube.com/channel/UCaKGs3FSq-
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