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ha ha! thanks! it is all good!! pretty much par foe the course. lol.

I was thinking the same thing Ujeb08. Great work as always Pete. I live in Nashville area and have always kayaked sots and touring type sitins but MAN you're giving me the hunger to try to finally white water.

@@mlinder2000 Thanks! Give it a go!

It can be hard to listen to instruction while you're in the middle of something like this. When you're inexperienced, it takes longer for your brain to process what's going on around you. It's a lot of information to process on your first few times.

Thanks for the kind words burrows!

Right on

Right on John!!!

LOL! Thanks Denny!

Thanks Khalid! thanks for coming along with us!

Thanks Craig! I think you are going to love it!!

Thanks Dorraine!!

They are all good! Kevin (who lost his shoe) just finished a big ww weekend with me a couple weeks back. He dropped his first waterfalls and absolutely loved it!

Right on Tom!

Right on GB! See u in the chat

Oh yeah! It was a fun one! Thanks Sally!

Thanks Freddy!! It was a fantastic ride on the river!

Thanks Tim!

Will do William! Thanks! Give it a try sometime!

Thanks John!

Thanks for the kind words Scott! I don't really considered extra work. It's just part of the fun! Dont sell yourself too short. There are some fantastic mild white water runs that you would probably love. The good thing about Whitewater is you can go as little or as big as you wish.

@@RiverKingsKayak oh my wife and I will do the Dan River, we will do the South New River. I may swim. I just have a long row to hoe and I know it. One step closer to kayak camping...we got hammock tarps for Christmas.

@@scottmeacham1738 let us know wen u r ready

Thanks Chris!!

LOL! Thanks NYCP!

Thanks canajian!! It is soo much fun. But it can be scary getting your feet wet...LOL

Indeed Chris! It was a great day!! I consider myself blessed to have had great mentors in the sport. I actually enjoy the teaching. Thanks Chris!

Thanks DSC! I love it!

Thanks Barry! I am looking forward to that!

Right on Isaac! Thanks!

Thanks Tom!

Thanks SP!

LOL!! great memories!!

Thanks Barry! Love it! Yeah there should be some kind of club for people who've done Section 9 in a Boat!

I would have to find a very special place for that C2! I've often said that when Nana finally melts out, I'm going to chainsaw it down the middle longways and mount her on the wall somewhere

Thanks saltyw1!

Thanks Wmdolittle! They are out there! Im grateful for the guys that brought me along!

It was a great day on the water!!

Thanks Josh!

Thanks Mike!

Right on Dirk!! Come up sometime and join us

@@RiverKingsKayak I'd love that! definitely want to try it.

Right on!

Thanks dirt dobber!

The whitewater will def let you know where u stand!

yowza!!

Thanks Mellow Man!

Right on WotD!

Right on CS!! let me know how it went!

Right on Murphy Outdoors! Check out Carolina Canoe Club on Facebook. They would be a great resource for you.

@@RiverKingsKayak I have already joined. Met some of the CCC crew at Robeson Creek put in on Sat, while rec kayaking with my wife, and got me going down the WW rabbit hole

Good job Kevin!

@@scottmeacham1738 thank you

Thanks Roy! Anyone can be a beater! LOL! I always look on craigslist in Marketplace for used boats. You can get a top-of-the-line boat at half the price. Which sometimes is even cheaper than the the cheapest stuff at the box stores.

ok cool ty bro

Thanks! That is the same ram mount pole that I use on my prijon yukon. I attatch it with a ram claw mount adapter to the back grab bar. I am still working out the kinks, but it does pretty well.

I need to do a review on it.

Right on Todd! I have kind of done that before, there is some of that in the last video and some in the next...I may have to do a pillow specific video soon! Great suggestion! Thanks!

@@RiverKingsKayak Don't get me wrong. It was a great video, and I realize it's gotta be taken in first hand, to be able to learn to spot them. I'm just over anxious to speed up my learning curve. At my age, healing takes a bit longer. lol Best wishes.

No worries Todd! I totally understand where you are coming from.

Thanks!! The put in is chicken bridge on chicken bridge road. The take out was robeson creek paddle access on jordan lake.

LOL!!! Indeed BtB!

Sad. I hate to hear about those events. Kayaking is inherently dangerous. Your story highlights the need for swift water rescue training. I always carry a pin kit and other needed items when kayaking...even in low key rivers with my long boats. It happens fast and you need to be prepared!

Thanks Georgy

This was Thursday

LOL!!

Thanks for the kind words Jeff! There are several boats for larger boaters out there. Search for creek boats like the jackson superhero and megarocker...those are a bit older and thus cheaper on the market. There are a few diff models out there.

Jackson karma large, Jackson nirvana large, machno large. I'm big guy too, so a big boat is necessary. I run nirvana large at the moment.

On my Astral Rescue Vest, there is a quick disconnect D-ring made especially for towing and for live bait rescue situations. Simply pull a toggle and you are free from the connection. It is a must for those situations. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ebPLlMZ1FW8.html

@@RiverKingsKayak awesome thanks

Where do you live?

@@RiverKingsKayak Chicago, Midwest is preferable for starting off, but travel anywhere in the US would not be an issue.

LOL Five minutes after writing this I got to see that action for real.

@@GoodLifeMedicine on my touring boats, a back up is attached to the top deck on the stern. However, in whitewater, I have a 4 piece paddle inside the boat as well as hand paddles. A back up is a must! Unless you like hiking with a boat! Lol

@@RiverKingsKayak Side question: Any advice for a 57 year-old guy, fit (swimmer, weights), flexible schedule, who wants to learn to river kayak in the safest, best way. Do you recommend any New England based teaching outfits?

@@GoodLifeMedicine right on! I am not familiar with anything up that way except Alex Barham. He has a youtube channel based up that way and I am sure he would know something good for you. Hope that helps

You got that right Double D!!

The Haw Rivier, Middle and Lower sections

That was worded perfectly

Paddle leashes are really dangerous in current. We generally avoid any and all entanglement hazards in whitewater. Surprisingly, very few paddles are ever lost.

Middle and Lower Haw

@@RiverKingsKayak I used to live in Greensboro when I was a kid.

right on Pop! I need to make another run or two with Mike. Life came at him with some grandkids recently...It has been too long!

He he! I have never figured that one out for sure. I have always assumed it is because of how beginners beat the top of the water with their paddles when stressed.

Right on jjgm!

they had already had some limited and basic instruction. Here is the thing. They are grown men and I cant control them. They were wanting to go 2 days prior either to a different class 4 river or this one when the river was really up. I couldn't talk them down so I talked them into waiting 2 days till I could go with them on this one at a lower sane level. It became a scared straight sort of day...Take it or leave it, but after this, they realized they needed to take a step back. They are doing well and have progressed nicely since.

@@RiverKingsKayak Yep, I wouldn't have cared what "pressure" they put on me. At all. It kinda doesn't exist unless they'd physically demonstrated prior that they had simple basics. Not even knowing to angle up water to cross, to power their boat instead of cork around, not knowing to push with the right paddle to orientate to the left, only 1 competent paddler with 3 beaters .... A second Swimmer could have been tragic as there was no-one else to be there for them I realise it's very benign water relatively speaking, but I've seen paddlers nearly drown in flat water simply because they have no idea what is going on and panic. Which would be the number one cause of drownings. I'm all for all the positives in this, as a paddler though, some of what happens in this video is concerning to day the least Paddle on, stay safe, enjoy 🛶💜

@@markblanch4178 to be clear, I was under no pressure. I just decided to use the opportunity to expose the need to dial back their river selections before they really got in a tight spot. They knew these basics but had a false sense of how well they could employ them. The river cleared things up for them. Thanks for the concern and thanks for watching!

@@RiverKingsKayak 👍 Keep on Kayaking on Safe, happy and adventurous paddles 👍🛶💜🙂

Thats IS why. The VA Boys were going to do this without me the day before when the water was even higher. I talked them out of it to wait and go with me the next day. It was a scared straight moment. Now they understand why you work up to it.

@@RiverKingsKayak I'll never understand how someone could not know it's something to work up to,you have to gain experience to know what to do in that type of waterway.I just started last fall and would never consider going through that water yet,doubt i will because i just want to fish and explore.