"Getting higher every day!" | Minus rapids and my final days at the Zambezi

[@epoisme6160]

I’ve been depressed all week and 2 minutes into this video I feel happy and blessed to be on this earth. Thank you for making these videos!

[@Aretedubs]

Hope you doing good man, im the same way his videos make me wanna get out and do stuff

[@robbiedevine8518]

That perspective at 3:00 mins is surreal. It looks like the set of a movie, so mind blowing

[@prreeyanarayanan7731]

This is the bestest footage I have seen ever...mindblowing!!! ... the minus rapids looked so out of this world, and watching you have a epic time here is just blissful. Would watch this again and again. Beatiful river...love the power of free flowing wild rivers!!

[@walthanas]

Most paddlers, myself included, would feel intimidated by paddling the Zambezi with a two bladed paddle. Doing that with someone else's broken paddle is impressive and very generous, to say the least! Also really enjoyed that underwater shot towards the sun fading out.

[@michaelmuswieck6298]

i have never wanted to do something more in my life until I saw your videos, you are living a dream my friend. thank you for sharing it with us! the video quality and sound quality is outstanding. dream big brother!

[@ironwillie7666]

Dane's life will be a documentary!

[@johnny5183]

this video is straight off the hook! Mad props on styling the Zambezi and getting some of the best footage!

[@datawrangler81]

I looked at those when we hiked down to the falls and I wondered if anyone ever ran those. When you say “sick” that's how my stomach feels watching you jump into that shit. Nice work. Plus the back move off the rooster tail at 5. Pretty sweet.

[@fredxu99]

Man all of these locations look so unreal, it's crazy how amazing nature can look outside of like a city park lol.

[@hafa2011]

Super kayaker. Nice to watch your video every morning bro

[@Nick-vs5wl]

Good stuff Dane! I love watching you guys paddle

[@adamhulin366]

Dude this was one of the best vids of the season! Wow way to shred like a rockstar and killing it with only half of a paddle! Mad skills

[@gageheyl3979]

Yo Dane you're sick man, keep up the grind. You're one of the greats!

[@danejacksonkayak]

Thank you! 🙌

[@smuir6104]

Amazing! I am blown away at what you can hit, and where you decide to play!

[@hafa2011]

Very nice video. You having a Super adventurous life bro.

[@sticksstones8498]

We are all glad you survived it bro. Looking Forward

[@michaelallsop366]

Only has half a paddle still a better paddler than me😂

[@timeforchange2539]

Dane makes the Zambezi look like a easy wavy class III fun run. That's some serious confidence with allot of years on the water.

[@kne2323]

That view!!! Nice run. Just checking in from Sparta, TN. 🤠

[@PADDLECAMPFISH]

Insane! Great video guys!

[@user-sh1gc3jk7l]

BLACKOUT! Dude keep up the paddling so epic, best vids to watch on youtube

[@danejacksonkayak]

oh stop

[@gavinjostad3988]

Are we just gonna ignore how savage that it was catching that cave eddy and doing that kick flip with half a paddle?!🔥🔥

[@mikolajdubiel1384]

that cave eddy did it for me...

[@D-blaze]

6:24 absolutely insane!!

[@PangiValley]

Great work man. keep it up.

[@SethAshworth]

Such GREASY number 9 pillow. and *blackout* ending :)

[@nickcross2684]

I find myself holding my breath even when you’re upright lol

[@mcoppock214]

I love the wave roll.

[@mahmoudmustaf8707]

Dan : the god of the zambezi river.

[@trippleskhj1104]

I really enjoy watching your videos as it brought to me to very beautiful and scenic places which largely inaccessible by normal humans :P. Like the sound of the nature too!

[@seandubyak1523]

4:15 You should do more of those kind of shots man, its a cool change from the POV.

[@danejacksonkayak]

Noted! It most of the time doesn’t give the same experience but if there’s a chance for it I’ll keep it in mind

[@fahdzaa]

Amazing but so scary at the same time. How could you stay so calm in those waters pff, crazy.

[@PangiValley]

We invite you to do the same in India in Chenab River, Pangi, District Chamba, Himachal, India, which has challenging water currents and super speed.

[@slipknotalabama]

Every time I think you're about to be thrashed, your bow comes back on screen and you paddle forward like you're in flat water.

[@patc9102]

Back in 2010 i remember you hand paddling the upper Gaule after someone in a random group broke there paddle.👍

[@danejacksonkayak]

Just trying to help out haha. 🤘

[@nickcross2684]

That fun1 was passed down to toms boy and now Liam Byard has it

[@alxgzz]

Ahah the left "air stroke" towards the end got me. Still sick you're nailing those airscrews with a semi-paddle. Aren't you disappointed with the sound quality on this gopro though ? It's like having water in my ears.

[@danejacksonkayak]

With whitewater the GoPro has issues because when one of the mics fill up with water it switches to the other mic which also has water. So thats why its a weird warbling audio. Selecting one of the two options on the camera helps .

[@NathanielHD]

Keep it up Dane!!

[@AngusRobins]

How do you keep water out of your boat without a cag and twin-seal around the deck waist tube man?

[@danejacksonkayak]

I just keep the waist straps of my lifejacket pretty tight and make sure I don't have a skirt with a loose tunnel.

[@UrsaMusic]

Dane-o busting advanced ferries and kick flips with half a paddle wtf

[@exploringwithdadja8743]

how do u know if u can jump safely in the water

[@danejacksonkayak]

A super high volume river like that is generally gonna be deep especially if it goes into a big pool like here. But there are also signs you can look for if there might be some rocks, like boils and features. But I knew it was deep here.

[@v5Clone]

how do these videos not have more views

[@davidbayles6494]

1:20 A waterfall even Dane wouldn't run. It's not the fall that ruins your day, but the sudden stop at the end. 3:30 Zambezi Gainer! Glad you didn't go off the bridge. Have you ever done the Cheat take-out bridge? (probably as an 8 y.o.?) 4:00 Nobody flies a kayak better. 5:30 Story of doing sections of the Zambezi as a 12 y.o.? Genetic superiority. 💪 7:00 What whitewater paddler holds their nose 🤏👃 when jumping into the river? 🙄 Who are your paddling buddies? Do you ever post credits for your cast of characters? (Provided they want it?)

[@sujanmagar1557]

Wow 😱❤️

[@LovetoKayak]

How do you get your image quality so high? I use a GoPro on recording on 1080p, export it as such but all my videos pale in resolution compared to this one. This video is crystal clear.

[@danejacksonkayak]

It depends on what year you have. But any of the last few editions of the GoPro either has 2.7 or 4k footage even in superwide perspective. As long as its not like the Hero 2 you should have more options than 1080

[@WickBeavers]

🎉😅😮

[@DavidMcClureIreland]

My hero! Gang Gang

[@BangOyes]

Gila permainan ini benar benar menantang adrenalin 👍

[@josiatokirina1788]

They make amazing, strong, light weight, break apart, stow-able kayak paddles. I keep one permanently in by boat, even on simple day runs. Although if you enjoy running class 5 as a sit down C1'er, then ok I guess!

[@alcyonem2866]

I Love this guy, he dont give a fvck. 😆😅😆

[@cheskybaba4864]

Dane, do you ever feel intimidated or have the least amount of fear? It's Okay- you can tell us. We want to know if you're human.

[@danejacksonkayak]

I am scared all the time, honestly

[@danejacksonkayak]

If I am scared of what could happen, but feel good about crushing it, than i know I am doing it because it's something I want to do

[@markf296]

3:32 Your not worried about hitting rocks when jumping in like that

[@danejacksonkayak]

I know it’s deep where I jumped in. But in an unknown place I don’t jump in without checking first.

[@fra2697]

EPIC

[@jaywinters2483]

👍 I’m enjoying these vids because?....I get to vicariously do it with you, I get to see the beauty of God’s Creation & it’s not being ruined by music. 👍

[@COD4Killzz]

My brother you look like bradley cooper i know this aint the first time someone told you this XD

[@CallMDel]

oh man besides seeing how poverty this place is, children chasing for anything from a tourist, and gets extremely frustrated if they didnt. the generally background seems quite empty and can raise awareness of poverty. other than that! omg that was a fun route!

[@kennethhager7564]

😎

[@elijahhiltebrand5921]

I don’t know how I feel about hypersmooth for kayaking

[@danejacksonkayak]

Honestly took it off for a lap on the green and couldn't even tell what was happening cause it was so shaky, I felt the same way at first last year till i tested it. I am all about the hypersmooth now

[@mcoppock214]

Uk boat in the mix... go uk

[@maniop604]

Hi bro i am in Tamilnadu

[@mushroomsnotesandtravel7579]

клас

[@leandromiranda8174]

Get off, and hand the bottles over to him. IT's only 1 minute of your lite.

[@danejacksonkayak]

If they ever stop the truck we do! But the driver generally just keeps moving through the villages

[@igotyourmac]

arrogance. you’re lucky the water did not get you and even more the locals liked you more than money. you treated them like mules to carry your boat and then acted like it was your conquest. cheap and a shame to paddling. smart of you to not paddle with the crocks. they do not care about money.

[@danejacksonkayak]

The locals that carry the raft equipment and the kayaks, that is actually basically their full time job. They live in the villages by the take out and it's how they make their money for their families. They are actually incredibly insulted if you carry your own gear instead of hiring them. So the kayakers as well as the raft companies hire them to carry the equipment, and it's how they make a living.

[@davidbayles6494]

Arrogance on their part? Not. Ignorance on your part, however? Yep.