Re: [Paddlewise] YouTube - Crazy whitewater kayaker beatdown

I've been doing caves and arches and surge channels like that solo for over 
25 years, in a fully loaded sea kayak often. Not dead yet. My kayak, 
however, is another story. My last stern-going endo ripped apart my VCP 
rudder and split the rear keel line of the hull. Should have made the kayak 
even heavier...or not added the rudder which weakened the stern...then 
again, I smashed the stern up badly north of Tofino along the seal-cave 
coast when I 180'ed in a surge channel 25 years ago leading me to finish off 
the amputation and install the dammed rudder when I got back home. Next life 
I'm just gonna buy 10 Nordkapp plastic kayaks
and pull one out for new use every third season.

DL

> Some nice video on that site. I want to get me one of those bullet cams. A
> bit pricey though. Then all I need is a cave like that to sneak into to 
> film
> my death. I guess I won't have to worry about the installment plan.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] YouTube - Crazy whitewater kayaker beatdown
>
>
> Cool there Mr. Jimmy James Farrelly...some nice tight action in the river
> gorge with a little bit of "man-love" in the back eddy afterwards, 
> consoling
> the bedraggled buffoon; but I still prefer my high jinks on the high 
> seas -
> or at least those places where the sea meets the land - so much more
> dynamic. Check out Teresa getting hammered at 3 Arch Rocks on the very 
> fine
> Coyote web site:
>
> http://www.coyoteco.net/video_gallery.htm
>
> Doug L
>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE5N52V3IRk&feature=related
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