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[Closed] Kayakers - nice vid of the North Fork

 xcgb
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For those of a wet persuasion, the onboard stuff is great


 
Posted : 18/06/2012 12:45 pm
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I've paddled the American river, but it wasn't that section. It was the North fork of the North fork or something...

Amazing stuff!


 
Posted : 18/06/2012 12:48 pm
 xcgb
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Thanks for embedding it never seems to work for me


 
Posted : 18/06/2012 12:52 pm
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Mental.

i had a hard enough time on my local river yesterday (ok, it was running a bit faster than usual), but that's just crazy.


 
Posted : 18/06/2012 1:34 pm
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The view down the river and the gradient/exposure at around 3:50 is insane.


 
Posted : 18/06/2012 1:51 pm
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much respect to someone who can remain calm and controlled in such situations.


 
Posted : 18/06/2012 2:00 pm
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That is truly impressive...

HUGE GONADS..


 
Posted : 18/06/2012 2:14 pm
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piss of piss - he always gets a soft landing!

😉


 
Posted : 18/06/2012 7:06 pm
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meh, try that in a Dancer, then I will be impressed... 😉


 
Posted : 18/06/2012 7:08 pm
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Never having been in a kayak in my life - how much skill is involved in those drops or are you pretty much at the mercy of the water - direction wise that is? How easy would it be to smash onto rocks?


 
Posted : 18/06/2012 7:26 pm
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Nice 😀 Makes me miss the beatings I use to take running big drop... many close calls though


 
Posted : 18/06/2012 8:05 pm
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that's pretty cool (apart from the skrillex soundtrack...)


 
Posted : 18/06/2012 8:20 pm
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Not much skill involved in dropping off a waterfall.

But it takes skill to drop off a waterfall at the right point, at the right speed and maintaining the right angle for landing. And even more skill to recover in time for the next drop or rapid... some of those landings have zero room for error!


 
Posted : 18/06/2012 8:32 pm