@@mayrbmx or just a brace would do and also much safer, your head never even went under water. Definitely work on those basic skills before running consequential stuff like this.
@@dereksmith8165 believe me when i say this guy knows how and when to brace. running that waterfall any other way than properly will potential cave your face in. just because this is a very unusual solution to the problem at hand, doesnt mean it wasnt a smart one.
Adrenaline will make you think and do weird things quick , and in this case it worked out just fine for this guy. My worst swim came from attempting to roll with a broken paddle instead of swimming to teddy before a more major drop.
Looks like you were quite lucky that you managed to catch onto the shore where you did! Glad to see that you were ok. That could have been a nasty fall!
Big balls bro, solo, grade 3 boater on class 5. Get a mate 2 boat with, experience, a brace, a back deck roll, and stay in your boat, next time won't be so lucky.
Looks like the decision to bail was pre-planned should it go badly. Turns out to be a great decision, relatively easy self rescue in shallow water. Beats the hell out of bouncing down a rocky fall on your head. Always plan what you are going to do if it goes wrong, which may include an insta-bail. I've planned such a strategy in the past and sometimes needed to do it.
♫ Creekin' on a Sunday afternoon ♪ ... ; that creek is a bit too much for me but for some reason people in kayaks like to creek. More power to them. (Not for me though.)
@@johnkrivolapov3334 in streams with a lot of water, but I prefer to leave my kayak before I crash into traffic here, because you can hurt yourself there. it was good.
That would have been a painful, terrifying decent. I wouldn't be surprised if there's a hydraulic jump. Almost fell victim to a low head damn in Muskegon Michigan. Thank God I was rescued after two minutes, though it felt like an eternity.
