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This was probably 5 years old, so definitely beyond its industry-appointed lifetime!

Best river in England! Get yourself up here!

That's cool. Yeah, probably far more scientifically valid than this. I was just intrigued to see what level of damage it could actually sustain!

Yep, another thing to add. Whitewater helmets also are very low on the list if not last when it comes to protection.

Thank you. Helps that it was a small Rewind!

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It's a banging little section!

That's awesome! Well done!

Nothing better than simply messing around in boats!

@@MatthewBrookKayaking exactly:)

Yeah, sadly the mic on my GoPro is becoming increasingly defunct. It's not you!

@@MatthewBrookKayaking 👍👍👍👍. Nice moves all the same!

I muted the video

Not as much as I'd like, but thank you!

Very true. Not easy, but worth persevering in!

Too true. That could be reason 11; I didn't really mention the satisfaction of any of the individual moves/rapids!

I cannot be held responsible for any sudden boat-buying urges you may experience...

Fairly common as a backup option.

Yeah, deffo. You've got to get down here! Ah yeah! Love the Swale. Such a good bang-for-buck section!

That's awesome! Keep it up. Yes, I definitely find it to be a very intuitive intermediate step on the way to a handroll. Really useful tool. Enjoy!

Glad to hear it! That's always my aim.

Glad you enjoyed it! Absolutely! Get yourself down here!

Give it a try! You might find you suddenly have no time for anything else! 😉

My pleasure. Glad to be of help. I'm afraid I've not spent much time in a Ripper 2, certainly not on comparable water, and no time at all in the Indra. But, as you say, I think the Indra sits in a completely different category.

My pleasure. Glad you enjoyed it. I use a GoPro for lots of stuff, purely for the practicality of it being waterproof and easily portable. But if I'm needing to do talky bits or static shots, I'll often use a DSLR and a lapel mic for audio. Just got to make sure you have appropriate dry bags/cases to keep everything safe.

@@MatthewBrookKayaking Ok that's great I am looking into getting a GoPro hero 12 black and seen some negative comments on GoPro these days so thanks for that. Cheers

My pleasure. Glad to have helped! Look out for the follow-up video coming soon.

Years of messing around!

Nice one! Keep at it and I'm sure you'll get there!

That's entirely understandable. To be honest, the plowing ender is something I rarely ever use. To me it's more of a party trick or (as you say) something to apply in a whitewater context. Besides anything else, I don't think it looks particularly cool! Haha.

Different strokes for different folks. Bikes give me the heebie-jeebies!

I've not spent all that much time in the Ripper 2, certainly not on comparable water. So I can't really give an opinion. Sorry.

Wow! I don't really know what to say to that! Thank you so much.

That's a great tip. Would definitely help with avoiding burnout on this trick. As to the downriver moves, I have some bits in the pipeline, but I've also already put out a top 5 wave party tricks - it's in the tutorials playlist.

Thanks. Tricky to find spots like this round here!

Nice! Possibly finding someone who is more consistent too might help. I feel like my moves have too much variation to make it a fair test!

Thanks. Very grateful for your advice along the way!

​@@MatthewBrookKayaking no worries at all! I just need to get better at following it myself... 😂

No worries. Hmm, you're the second person to ask that question. I'm quite sure there's something to deal with that situation, but I'll need to have a bit of a play!

​@@MatthewBrookKayaking There is, and really it's a squirt boat move. I think it's called the Washout.

Thanks! Yeah, it was a few sessions of setting multiple cameras. But I'm very glad I did!

Nice one! It's a fun trick; well worth practising. Hmm, bow screw ups. Good question. I'd say almost certainly doable, but I don't know how visually impressive it would be. I'll have an experiment!

Glad to hear it. Better that than the other way around - screwing up your improvement! Haha.

Hmmm, might depend on the person. You wouldn't offend me in context, but some people might be less agreeable! Haha!

Good question. You'll be fine in either, I expect. Just find a quiet spot, if you can. Lots of people in the water in summer.

This is a Dagger Rewind, which is fairly typical of more playful modern whitewater kayaks. And I wouldn't suggest doing anything like this without getting some good instruction and building up your skills first; it's a high-risk sport.

@@MatthewBrookKayaking your sincere advise has been ignored upon reading. I'm going to send it

Duly noted!

This was one of the few good ones from many attempts! Haha! Yeah, it's tricky. Depends what you want the boat for, I suppose. Is it more of a playboat for you? Or a river-runner?

That's awesome dude! Thanks for sharing!

I have only used a Mixmaster once, and I wasn't overly enamoured with it, to be honest. But I couldn't do a fair comparison, as it was so long ago.

Something like that...

Yeah, I think trying to do that poppier, more modern style loop where you jump up just doesn't work. Has to be the more old-school, shallow alternative!

Thanks. That's very kind of you to say so!

Some kind of thruster/airbag would make this a lot easier, I think. It's really close to being very manageable!

Certainly worth ago. How do you find cartwheels in this? I’ve struggled to link ends but, now have no issue in my playboat.