Cheoah River Kayaking PFD

This was a PFD for the both of us. I remember when Cody told me about this river a few years ago. We were apprehensive about even rafting the thing in ‘23, but we did. I remember thinking that it would be years before I’d be ready for Cheoah, yet before I knew it, I was at the put in with my Ripper2 and some mild anxiety. Cody had the Scorch on his shoulder. We hit the river with some of our favorite people. A few had been down Cheoah before, so we had a solid crew with good beta. It was a HOT day, so there was an urge to get on the water and cool down. Cheoah is wild, though, so there wasn’t much time for that. We set off, and this is how it went 🤙🏼 #whitewater #cheoah #kayaking #gopro #pfd #whitewaterkayaking

[@JasonMurdoch-uo7om]

Got dang that thang is moving.

[@TheChitwoodBrothersKayaking]

A wild one for sure!

[@bradelliot1027]

rut ro @.27...lol...nice save on the stern squirt...

[@TheChitwoodBrothersKayaking]

Unintentional spin out 😂

[@BrianDarcy-1331]

that bridge was badass...pretty sweet

[@TheChitwoodBrothersKayaking]

It was a wild ride!!! Can’t wait to get back out there

[@BrianDarcy-1331]

@@TheChitwoodBrothersKayaking keep up with the videos, cool stuff man. My kid is taking me Kayaking tomorrow for 1st time lol...yeah boyyyyyyy

[@TheChitwoodBrothersKayaking]

@@BrianDarcy-1331 have fun!!

[@michaelcarter3149]

Congrats! Cheoah is definitely intense! Would definitely be awesome to get down it one day. Im just ready to get on the ocoee lol. Its so close to me it pisses me off im not already going down it lol.

[@TheChitwoodBrothersKayaking]

Cheoah was definitely the hardest thing we’ve done for sure. Ocoee freaked us out at first. But it actually isn’t so bad. If your roll is solid, you should be good

[@michaelcarter3149]

@TheChitwoodBrothersKayaking O I can imagine, fast and not much room for mistakes. I can go down fairly confidently following someone, but I do need to practice rolling. It's weird, I've gone almost two years without being in a boat and still got roll first time doing it again. I just hate practicing it lol. It's mainly just sinuses burning after awhile. Did get some salamander nose plugs to try, atleast until I can learn how to close my sinus again.

[@TheChitwoodBrothersKayaking]

Nose plugs are the way to go. People like earplugs a lot too, but I always lose mine 😅

[@justin_other_kayaker]

@9:23 😂

[@codychitwood2383]

I think there’s a boof on the left at the end of them getting tangled up. Would be aggressive though 9:31

[@TheChitwoodBrothersKayaking]

We like to get up close and personal 😂

[@TheChitwoodBrothersKayaking]

@@codychitwood2383that would be an aggressive boof. Maybe next time I won’t be trying to kill Tony so that I can try the boof instead 😂