Thunderdome

Рет қаралды 30,728

5 ай бұрын

Level was somewhere around 8.1-8.2, approximately 75k CFS. I would not recommend it at this level. Our five person crew had 10 flips in 100 yards of whitewater and it is difficult to brace and roll in the boils. The wave holes are too chaotic to get a good surf on. The risk/reward just feels off. I scouted it at 6.5 a couple days later which looked like significantly better waves for surfing.

Пікірлер: 66

@weemissile 3 ай бұрын

You can hear our intrepid kayaker making the characteristic "panic grunts" throughout the meatier part of the video, indicating he is getting his ass kicked. Not that it matters when your roll is bombproof, lol. Well done, a braver man than I.

@saint5203 5 ай бұрын

For anyone that doesn’t know what this feels like. Just stick to the video. It’s absolutely terrifying. Don’t try this at home.

@Ranger_k16 2 ай бұрын

Hell no! Its rowdy in there so send it! 🤙

@teleyakco 5 ай бұрын

Those are the most terrifying eddy fences and boils I've ever seen.

@boofsandbeaters 5 ай бұрын

Same!

@joshhall470 5 ай бұрын

Check out the grand Inga project dude gets toilet bowled literally.

@weemissile 3 ай бұрын

@@joshhall470 Grand Inga is a whole different planet

@michaelhill56 2 ай бұрын

This kinda reminds me of my first time in the New River Gorge. The river was right at 12 feet and big eddy walls. Whale hole was huge and Seldom Seen was a bunch of moving, exploding waves. Absolutely loved it in my Seda Dart, but the trees in the river were scary...

@Cocora22 5 ай бұрын

Some of the best paddlers in the world have learned right here!!!!!! You guys are fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@boofsandbeaters 5 ай бұрын

It's great having Class 1-5 right in our backyard!

@joegoober107 5 ай бұрын

I think you guys definitely get the “bomb-proof roll” merit badge,

@tomphillips2608 3 ай бұрын

I paddled back in '70-71 ish. C1 , heavy boat sluggish but stable. Hard to tell , but @7:25 or so that looks like what we used to call "Difficult run ,md side". Once, while waiting my turn to surf the stacks, I was holding onto a rock with a buddy in his boat next to me. The rock started sinking. Next thing, "TREE!" Someone shouts. I watched a 40 foot long tree with a 15-18 foot diameter rootball "lumber(sorry😂) through. Most amazingly, I could feel the vibrations as it scraped the river bed. You guys are amazing in those "sports cars!"

@boofsandbeaters 3 ай бұрын

That’s so cool! I love hearing those stories

@Kenmcfarland001 5 ай бұрын

Brilliant paddling well done

@proteus6366 4 ай бұрын

Exceptionally difficult water! Constant jet failure, whirlpools, swelling.It's more dangerous than jumping from a waterfall.

@macfawlty 5 ай бұрын

Fascinating to see you guys paddling at these levels. Greatly appreciate all the videos posted. The river changes so much with every .5 on the gauge, but 6 to 8 recently is a raging beast. You’re in a Rewind, not a Code?? Me thinks you’ll do it again, maybe not next week.

@boofsandbeaters 5 ай бұрын

I think I would at a different level or different boat. I chose the rewind because it’s better at crossing eddy lines and making ferries etc, and because I wanted to surf if the wave was right. It did do well on the ferry but then the low volume stern became a liability. I think something like a Nirvana would be better- fast, with some but not too much edge, but plenty of stern volume.

@johnmc8785 5 ай бұрын

@@boofsandbeaters Have you checked out the Jackson Flow. Decent volume creek boat, but with plenty of edge, so it'll still carve well.

@boofsandbeaters 5 ай бұрын

@@johnmc8785 I think that would probably be a great boat for it

@mikekelly4481 5 ай бұрын

Two men enter One man leaves...

@zekeclark2594 5 ай бұрын

I have no idea why this was recommended to me, but sooooooo coll soooo scary

@tankmaster1018 5 ай бұрын

2:31 H.O.L.Y Christ... Edit: Recognize that sound you made at 2:40 well, I've unfortunately made it plenty! Lmfao, the "I can't believe I'm still in my boat and breathing" exhale!

@Gorlim_the_Unhappy 5 ай бұрын

I've heard you make that sound in your videos plenty of times 😂

@Chompchompyerded 3 ай бұрын

"That was terrifying." Really? Really? Terrified is much more calm and serene than I would be able to muster on that. To me, it looked like being within an inch of your life. I would never have guessed that you'd have time to be terrified. For me, it would have been the zombie stare from the moment I entered the water. Seeing exploding boils from shore is enough to make me soil my wet suit. And on top of that you have wooden alligators floating around everywhere you look. Yeh, that was death on steroids. All I can say is that you guys have the skillz. Way to send it!

@aquacoral21 5 ай бұрын

Great Falls Maryland!!! Potomac!!! Been there done that!! Remember the flood of I think 1985? We were paddling that same shit with fiberglass, slalom race boats !!! we found half of one of them 30 feet up a tree by the feeder canal couple weeks later when the water came down (Kirk Simon‘s boat - Eric Jackson’s cousin, rest in peace). Huge exploding waves and bathtub effect to the max. Huge trees going by regularly. Whirlpools. Not unlike Zambezi 6 yrs ago or Highwater Colosseum on the Ottawa at 18 about six years ago also Zambezi in a rockstar will always be the craziest!!

@boofsandbeaters 5 ай бұрын

I have heard about those big flood waters, it sounds insane! Zambezi is on the list for sure.

@joebrush4324 4 ай бұрын

Remember in 1996 Dave Hearn got arrested after running this? I thought they called it Skywalker rapid or some such. I thought they ran it from the top, but I'm getting old and my memory is failing.

@DrEnduro1 5 ай бұрын

Wow, that is scary.

@PhotoShopAdmin 5 ай бұрын

I can confidently say that I'll never do a river at that level, y'all are insane

@boofsandbeaters 5 ай бұрын

To be fair I don't know that I would do that run in that boat at that level again myself

@shakeandbake7324 3 ай бұрын

Well it's little more water than the Ocoee while surfing Grumpy

@TokyoNightGirl-fk4cn 3 ай бұрын

💕Wow💚💚💚💜💜💜

@user-dg1dc1ny4y 4 ай бұрын

What’s the name of the river?

@boofsandbeaters 3 ай бұрын

The Potomac

@dMaribo 5 ай бұрын

There are some hair-rising stories about this part of the Potomac at high levels. The Jumps.

@boofsandbeaters 5 ай бұрын

Yep I can see how with even more juice it would be scarier

@tankmaster1018 5 ай бұрын

I'm waiting patiently for the day those form again... we need at least 11 feet, only 3 more then in this video!

@jefflanham1080 5 ай бұрын

Where is this??

@boofsandbeaters 5 ай бұрын

The Potomac river near great falls

@overthehedgerow 5 ай бұрын

What river was this

@boofsandbeaters 5 ай бұрын

This is the Potomac, at the bottom of Great Falls on the Maryland side

@overthehedgerow 5 ай бұрын

Thanks

@dl3537 5 ай бұрын

ahahahha hell yeah

@austinnevels7447 5 ай бұрын

I got flipped and pinned on a large rock by the current of the river I was in, I was only waist deep and to feel that kind of power…. I was in 4 feet of water and I couldn’t stand up Whoa

@boofsandbeaters 4 ай бұрын

Rivers are powerful, glad you are ok!