Asheville Flood Stage Kayaking - Hurricane Helene

***This video was taken the day before the true storm of Asheville. These conditions were only the beginning. We did not kayak after this day.
#whitewaterkayaking #flooding #asheville

[@skiskateride]

Amazing video! Those kayakers look totally nuts to me, but obviously highly skilled and completely fearless!!

[@ohane1]

Right on! 1st/only decents. Why so much hate in comments? Don't watch, not disprectful. We kayakers live for high water events. Anybody angered should google other class 5 runs. These guys are skilled.

[@michaelholt8590]

This is not intelligent behavior. I am a kayaker too, and the problem isn't the water. There is debris in that water and a tree will crush you.

[@markschuette3770]

i agree ! you probably can't even swim in that current!! and other boaters probably can't even paddle over to rescue a swimmer! also i understand why kayackes don't were a face mask anymore?

[@kenjigoodspeeed]

@@davidsaylor3582this was before storm! You guys should read discription

[@kenjigoodspeeed]

This was from the day before the storm when the river wasn’t really flooded just high water, maybe read the description next time

[@michaelholt8590]

@kenjigoodspeeed I don't need to read the description when I can see the water. It is already well above it's normal level.

[@ohane1]

Every flood level river I've run has debris. I've watched 6' wide trees snapped like toothpicks. You just have to look upstream b4 entering & have an eddy waiting. No log has ever outrun me.

[@gabrieldeschenes607]

This is sick!

[@JackComeaux-sl3pc]

These guys are going to survive the Pole shift!

[@Meyersci]

We are all going to survive the pole shift. :-)

[@johnnybennett880]

Fkin awesome!! L-i-v-i-n boys

[@XXxCHRISxXX]

My biggest concern would be the debris that came , but looks fun.

[@SC10Ds]

Heard the Noli crested at 1.3 Million CFS in Erwin on NBC. Be safe, hope all is well as can be

[@michaelpryor78]

That's the most batshit thing I've ever heard

[@kenjigoodspeeed]

At the dam where the lake is the normal section hit 100 k but that’s still a crazy amount

[@RileyBartholic]

That fact is incorrect. Noli hit a max of 160-180k CFS in the flood, but mind you, flood stage for the noli is normally 20k

[@nicke1903]

Just dont expect any rescue, you're on your own, in a situation like this you're not worth the risk involved.

[@kenjigoodspeeed]

These are professional kayakers, and this was the day before the actual storm!

[@KCBluesJams]

@@kenjigoodspeeedthey are professional idiots 👎

[@hipernet]

they already know that man

[@huckwhisenhunt4940]

Awesome vid! make sure to use your boats to help your community as well.

[@NomadicMoose137]

just go with the flow,the flow.

[@TheVancejordan22]

Yall have some balls... way to make the best out of a crap situation

[@dannyb6968]

I was going to ask if you kayaked over the top of the dead bodies, or were most of them washed up on the shore?

[@tillerjohnsonkayak]

@@dannyb6968 what the fuck is wrong with you why would you ever say anything like that

[@asherhicks5986]

Drop your address

[@hughjanus5518]

​@@tillerjohnsonkayaka lot of people died in the storm Einstein. You're proof of how dumb people can be.

[@tillerjohnsonkayak]

@@hughjanus5518 this guy disrespected the deaths of 223 people (and rising) and you backed him up. If you would’ve been smart and read my description of the video, you would have found out that we didn’t not kayak during the actual storm. We kayaked in the precursor rain the day before Helene hit WNC.

[@kenjigoodspeeed]

@@hughjanus5518I like your name on the app you really are a huge ass hole

[@Smokincreekadventures]

If you’re not living life on the edge you’re taking up to much space

[@Milwriter]

Was wondering how long it would take for this kinda stuff to be posted...

[@kenjigoodspeeed]

This was from before the storm

[@Iluvlivinglife]

Every human has a right to the earth in all its safety or danger. We only take from our own rights in reducing the rights of others. Let that sink in.

[@larrydowling5213]

I dunno, this seems kinda crazy to me. 😂🇺🇦🇺🇲💙

[@cdoutdoors6989]

Good stuff

[@DaneSorensenj]

To raw 🦅🦅🦅

[@2Meals]

That's legit.

[@DH-uu5ps]

This video shows why some folks are a danger to themselves and others. They should've put your ass in jail for being so dangerously stupid.

[@FLOW_FORCE]

These people have paddled on this river for a long while and know it better than most. These folks are also some of the best upcoming paddlers and they are wearing all the proper safety gear and are padding in a group all with rescue equipment and knowledge of how to use it these people are not being stupid they are pushing the sport

[@DB-xj3ze]

It is still called retardation for possibly putting first responders in danger not to mention if something happen it pulls them away from people who are really in need.

[@robertjoppe2995]

You should shut the floor up 🕳 since it's so dangerous

[@mikebelcher6692]

Is this the laurel?

[@garycousino]

Looks like Brush creek going through Walnut to Barnard

[@tillerjohnsonkayak]

@@garycousinoit’s the spillway behind beaver lake

[@xelw6945]

Yo I am a big fan this was sick brah. #rad

[@keithjohnson5855]

People are dying and losing everything in this. Disrespectful.

[@gabrielhyatt1856]

Nobody is impressed kids. The goods weren't even that good.

[@jenjenkins]

It takes all kinds. Even the ones who's cornbread ain't done in the middle.

[@kennethgriffin-wo2yl]

No doubt a couple of liberals!

[@Dmik20]

Did you enjoy the sewage water?

[@kenjigoodspeeed]

No sewage this was from the day before the storm!

[@StephenBaylor-kl8wx]

They actually warned people they would be cited for this in a declared state of emergency

[@isocarboxazid]

They should still cite them. Beyond idiotic.

[@kenjigoodspeeed]

This was from the day before the storm when the river wasn’t really flooded just high water, maybe read the description next time

[@StephenBaylor-kl8wx]

@@kenjigoodspeeed bad taste if not just feeble conscience how many people got swept down the river yee haw audition for jackass think about it numbskull

[@StephenBaylor-kl8wx]

@@kenjigoodspeeed hey dead from the neck up people died shit socket you feeble conscience turd

[@robertjoppe2995]

Citation free MF an still walking

[@KCBluesJams]

How stupid 👎 hopefully everything went ok I hope you didn’t expect rescue workers to waste time on your foolishness 👎

[@jeepers251]

so stupid , so much debris and trees sticking out , can kill u

[@asherhicks5986]

You must be fat padding a red play boat on the water the way you do?

[@mason_galway]