North Fork American River Chamberlain Falls whitewater kayaking

Kayaking the Chamberlain Falls section of the North Fork of the American River in California at 1.85ft on the Iowa Hill gauge.
Trip report available at www.CalKayaking.com

[@coolestnerd111]

awesome video! Can't wait to do this run

[@joemyersjr]

ive ran this @ 3,500 cfs..knarly..class v swims..fully calss 4+ at high flows..this stretch claimes more lives than most rivers cause of the stepping stone into class 4 boating

[@coolestnerd111]

I love this section

[@1964zen]

AWESOME!

[@manixmanik]

Lovely section. I would say a good class IV. Will this be runnable in the months of August/September ?

[@coolestnerd111]

Do you remember what flow this was

[@OneLastBreath777]

Great footage. I'm going to school in a mountainy area with lots of rivers. Is this really hard to learn to do well?

[@bluestrayer]

you should do the same run in an open cockpit recreational kayak : P

[@fraserch]

wicked! song?

[@GnarPaddler]

what class is this?

[@coolestnerd111]

What do you consider the hardest run?

[@cameronbooth1847]

What kind of kayak do you guys use.

[@wrybread]

Epic. Know of any groups that will take a beginner out (on a different rapid of course)? I'm a sea kayaker, but I do a ton of ww boat riding in the waves. Have a super solid roll and bracing. Would love to get up into some ww but don't know where to start.

[@gregorycameron5084]

wrybread take a 201 class with CCK or find a group to join like GCP (gold country paddlers) or LPP (loma prieta paddlers) The latter is free, GCP is ten bucks a year.

[@LiemSwanson]

+wrybread Current Adventures also has awesome instruction. You should try an RK2 or RK3 clinic there.

[@Purpole244]

im watching cause i need do school porject >.<

[@joemyersjr]

low flows below 1000 cfs is when it gets you..lots of pins and undercuts @ low flows..

[@sfree17244freer]

Lol i know you co,mented this a while ago but i recently did it at about 610 cfs and had to wait for the rafts on my trip to stop and line their boats through

[@MrOnionpits]

Nope. Mainly springtime, fed by snowmelt, and winter time with rain.

[@madisonsalsgiver2729]

scotty! :)

[@keithie6]

Nice vid , I subbed , just got a dagger and am learning from watching you

[@chaas013]

"I whip my hair back and forth"...makes me a little more racist each time I hear it.