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- čas přidán 13. 01. 2024
- Level was somewhere around 8.1-8.2, approximately 75k CFS. I would not recommend it at this level. Our five person crew had 10 flips in 100 yards of whitewater and it is difficult to brace and roll in the boils. The wave holes are too chaotic to get a good surf on. The risk/reward just feels off. I scouted it at 6.5 a couple days later which looked like significantly better waves for surfing.
You can hear our intrepid kayaker making the characteristic "panic grunts" throughout the meatier part of the video, indicating he is getting his ass kicked. Not that it matters when your roll is bombproof, lol. Well done, a braver man than I.
That flow is incredible. Good reminder that I do not like high water, I like high water on a handful of specific rivers 😅 Hats off to the whole crew on that run!
I think you guys definitely get the “bomb-proof roll” merit badge,
Those are the most terrifying eddy fences and boils I've ever seen.
Same!
Check out the grand Inga project dude gets toilet bowled literally.
@@joshhall470 Grand Inga is a whole different planet
Some of the best paddlers in the world have learned right here!!!!!! You guys are fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's great having Class 1-5 right in our backyard!
For anyone that doesn’t know what this feels like. Just stick to the video. It’s absolutely terrifying. Don’t try this at home.
Hell no! Its rowdy in there so send it! 🤙
This kinda reminds me of my first time in the New River Gorge. The river was right at 12 feet and big eddy walls. Whale hole was huge and Seldom Seen was a bunch of moving, exploding waves. Absolutely loved it in my Seda Dart, but the trees in the river were scary...
What a crazy river. Currents going in every direction.
I paddled back in '70-71 ish. C1 , heavy boat sluggish but stable. Hard to tell , but @7:25 or so that looks like what we used to call "Difficult run ,md side". Once, while waiting my turn to surf the stacks, I was holding onto a rock with a buddy in his boat next to me. The rock started sinking. Next thing, "TREE!" Someone shouts. I watched a 40 foot long tree with a 15-18 foot diameter rootball "lumber(sorry😂) through. Most amazingly, I could feel the vibrations as it scraped the river bed. You guys are amazing in those "sports cars!"
That’s so cool! I love hearing those stories
Brilliant paddling well done
Exceptionally difficult water! Constant jet failure, whirlpools, swelling.It's more dangerous than jumping from a waterfall.
2:31 H.O.L.Y Christ...
Edit: Recognize that sound you made at 2:40 well, I've unfortunately made it plenty! Lmfao, the "I can't believe I'm still in my boat and breathing" exhale!
I've heard you make that sound in your videos plenty of times 😂
I have no idea why this was recommended to me, but sooooooo coll soooo scary
"That was terrifying."
Really? Really? Terrified is much more calm and serene than I would be able to muster on that. To me, it looked like being within an inch of your life. I would never have guessed that you'd have time to be terrified. For me, it would have been the zombie stare from the moment I entered the water. Seeing exploding boils from shore is enough to make me soil my wet suit. And on top of that you have wooden alligators floating around everywhere you look. Yeh, that was death on steroids. All I can say is that you guys have the skillz. Way to send it!
Looked a bit like Niagara Gorge right there!
Scary stuff.
Fascinating to see you guys paddling at these levels. Greatly appreciate all the videos posted. The river changes so much with every .5 on the gauge, but 6 to 8 recently is a raging beast. You’re in a Rewind, not a Code?? Me thinks you’ll do it again, maybe not next week.
I think I would at a different level or different boat. I chose the rewind because it’s better at crossing eddy lines and making ferries etc, and because I wanted to surf if the wave was right. It did do well on the ferry but then the low volume stern became a liability. I think something like a Nirvana would be better- fast, with some but not too much edge, but plenty of stern volume.
@@boofsandbeaters Have you checked out the Jackson Flow. Decent volume creek boat, but with plenty of edge, so it'll still carve well.
@@johnmc8785 I think that would probably be a great boat for it
Two men enter
One man leaves...
Great Falls Maryland!!! Potomac!!!
Been there done that!! Remember the flood of I think 1985?
We were paddling that same shit with fiberglass, slalom race boats !!! we found half of one of them 30 feet up a tree by the feeder canal couple weeks later when the water came down (Kirk Simon‘s boat - Eric Jackson’s cousin, rest in peace).
Huge exploding waves and bathtub effect to the max. Huge trees going by regularly. Whirlpools. Not unlike Zambezi 6 yrs ago or Highwater Colosseum on the Ottawa at 18 about six years ago also
Zambezi in a rockstar will always be the craziest!!
I have heard about those big flood waters, it sounds insane! Zambezi is on the list for sure.
Remember in 1996 Dave Hearn got arrested after running this? I thought they called it Skywalker rapid or some such. I thought they ran it from the top, but I'm getting old and my memory is failing.
Wow, that is scary.
I can confidently say that I'll never do a river at that level, y'all are insane
To be fair I don't know that I would do that run in that boat at that level again myself
Well it's little more water than the Ocoee while surfing Grumpy
💕Wow💚💚💚💜💜💜
Is this normal??
Mad asf
There are some hair-rising stories about this part of the Potomac at high levels. The Jumps.
Yep I can see how with even more juice it would be scarier
I'm waiting patiently for the day those form again... we need at least 11 feet, only 3 more then in this video!
ahahahha hell yeah
What’s the name of the river?
The Potomac
What river was this
This is the Potomac, at the bottom of Great Falls on the Maryland side
Thanks
I got flipped and pinned on a large rock by the current of the river I was in, I was only waist deep and to feel that kind of power…. I was in 4 feet of water and I couldn’t stand up Whoa
Rivers are powerful, glad you are ok!
Where is this??
The Potomac river near great falls
Gnarly
ahh yes. The art os being waterboarded.
I had been describing it like the feeling of being flushed down the toilet but your description is also spot on!
Seriously big water. Other level. Be safe out there.
you funny
⁉Ya that looks Fun & SAFE🎯
😂
2:45 guy in red boat river right ( big balls beating )
woah that's a great spot, I hadn't even noticed that I caught it!
Jealous...
Yo to scared to subscribe hahaa
😂😂😂😂
A madest team haha yas could accomplish anything
Looks scars
Not worth it.
These guys shouldn’t have launched. Clueless hanging out is the massive eddies instead of the main current as can be seen by multiple rolls.
Wich is it river?
The Potomac