Whitewater Canoe PFD New River Gorge 2023

[@mtgoutdoors8158]

I'm about ready to make my attempt.

[@theH2experience]

Going soon man?

[@mtgoutdoors8158]

@theH2experience bout to hit the WWC Saturday. And pick up an option. But I feel ready enough to try the new. Just need to know where to swim lol.

[@theH2experience]

@@mtgoutdoors8158 don't swim! 😬 Make sure you have a good crew with you to point all the bad spots. Good luck Maine!

[@theH2experience]

@@mtgoutdoors8158 good luck, do the comp channel lap after lap after lap.

[@jacob_boofs]

Love it brotha. What a fantastic freaking day it was. Awesome seeing young shredder in there too 💜

[@theH2experience]

@@jacob_boofs thanks for the help that day my man!

[@Michael65429]

Nice video, brings back good memories... You left out Miller's Folly, one of my favorites!

[@theH2experience]

I did, as luck would have it, that was one of those times I hit record in an eddy above and stopped recording as I pealed out, therefore I had no footage of it. :-(

[@andrewdowns4803]

Sick!!

[@theH2experience]

Thanks Homie!

[@jeffreyelliott622]

Great video !! Here is my stupid question !!! What makes the water so fast is it the steep decline in elevation and a mix of big rocks for the water to flow over fast ?

[@theH2experience]

@@jeffreyelliott622 there is often a combination of slope, under water features and the constriction of the water. There are large wide sections of the river that are relatively flat and calm, then it can channelize, all that same amount of water that was in the large wide section now has to go through a smaller more restricted area. Combine that with different under water rocks and features and the flow becomes much more intense. Thanks for watching!

[@jeffreyelliott622]

@@theH2experience So is that water considered class 2 or class 3 white water for I remember that movie that Meryle Streep and Kevin Bacon did and a section of a river in West Va. was class 4 and 5 white water if it were true that is !!!

[@theH2experience]

Most consider the New River Gorge to be Class 1,2 &3 rapids with a couple class 4 depending on water levels. The 4s have some technical aspects to it with some potentially very bad outcomes.