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Playing on Sorba slides, Italy. Was messing around as it was our 3rd time down, went with a cross-deck boof, missed the boof stroke unfortunately and pencilled it and then went round a few times before getting spat out. Playboating skills coming into play a bit here.
In July 2014 Josh Neilson was kayaking with friends in Norway near Sjoa. After 5 of his crew paddled ‘Matzes Drop’ it was his turn. After a good entry the nose of his kayak was thrust into the air and caused him to fly through the air and land at the bottom in an undesirable way. At the moment of impact he broke his back and had to be flown to Lillehammer hospital and then on to Elverum for surgery. One year of rehab later and he returns to Voss in Norway for Ekstremsportveko and to go kayaking. This is the story by TV2 on his accident and return to kayaking.
We are all in between swims.
Raven Fork ran the other day and with 730 feet per mile comes a whole lot of class 5 and the sketch involved in it.
With a good crew and the right equipment this risk can be mitigated but it still doesn’t remove the chances of something happening.
A very nicely put together edit from Honza Lasko. The footage chasing down the gorge is superb.
Kayaking The Hole That Ate Chicago on the Grand Canyon of the Stikine in Northern BC.
This summer we spent 23 days in Colorado from mid May through early June. We arrived to a couple weeks of low flows, but the snow eventually started melting and we managed to get on 14 different rivers and creeks.
The Boof sisters are at it again. Great OC1 canoe action from across the pond.
On the road again.
A great edit from the Kayaking Company – Canoeing Ireland Level 5 assessment, Sesia Gorge, Italy 2015. Sesia Gorge – Entry Rapid.
Knowing that much of the NY’s First D potential has yet to be tapped, Eric Adsit has been feverishly studying his local topography looking for the next best thing. He began his research in his own back yard, the foothills of the Adirondacks and came up huge with this beauty. With only a handful of descents, chances are, you’ve already driven past the take out without even noticing.
We have a Badfish SUP lined up for review at Unsponsored HQ, we’ll be hitting some of the UK’s whitewater hotspots during the monsoon season this summer. In the meantime here is a great edit – Badfish SUP GoPro Mountain Games.
This is a nice edit from Sam Grafton showing the Last Exit rapid in the Tumwater canyon.
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