Wenatchee River Rafting with Creature Craft - Class 5 & 6 White Water in Tumwater Canyon 

It seems more a testament to the design of the raft than any skills exhibited.

Again we see that bouncy castles are the solution to everything.

I was born in Wenatchee and have driven by, swam in, and fished this river many many times, but to see someone take on this section of the river was something I never expected to see! The awesome power and force of it when standing on the road next to those exit falls feels like you are standing next to a speeding locomotive and the sound is deafening. To see this video only gives you a hint of what these guys have achieved and I must say to you they deserve to be applauded for their amazing run

This reminds me of strapping yourself into a barrel and just going along for a ride.

Every county in the US that has a low-head dam, which causes hydraulic currents, should have one of these for rescues. It is the first water "vehicle" ever made that cannot submerged by a hydraulic current. Critical for rescues in those situations and not lose the rescuers as well. Many counties that have low-head dams that have a history of drowning people have purchased these. Great for any fast or dangerous in-water rescues.

That stretch of the Wenatchee is insane. Miles of crazy white water that is awe inspiring just looking at it while driving down from the pass. Total insanity to raft it. As you can tell, the river more or less just washes the raft down. You can't really control anything in this mayhem.

May 18th 1980, me and about 30 friends were rafting that section of the Wenatchee River while Mt St. Helens was erupting. (With guides and outfitters) it was eerie about 3/4 through the run, day turned to night, we had no clue until the pullout and an inch of ash on our cars. What a Memory!!! Great video Thanks.

FYI all you non Aquaholics, a Class 6 Rapid is "Extremely dangerous, classified as UN-raftable. All previous difficulties increased to the limit of practicability. Very confused, Very Violent, Exploding and folding water so difficult that controlled navigation by raft is virtually impossible. Swimming this grade of rapid is considered suicidal. Requires extreme luck or skill to finish." by United States National Classification. Also if you know anything about hydraulics and folding white water, Reactionary waves, Eddie walls, Eddies, etc you will understand that at 5.5+ even with the highest skills it is difficult to control your vessel, the river will at that point do with your vessel as it pleases. and it looked as if this river is flowing at 45,000 cfs or even greater, lets see you rookies even think about it! I know I'm not going down a class 6 any time soon, not even in a CC.

Shame someone thought you had to put music over the entire video.

I’d rather jump in the river than listen to another second of these sweet guitar licks...

I love those rafts! Funny seeing the faces on them eating up the rapids! Also what a great idea with the design, the rafts don’t flip they just ride sideways...

I loved the video... I've seen these on the river in Idaho and had no idea really what they were or the difference from other rafts. Very cool!

I would do this river only on this boat. Love this invention. Best

I gotta hand it to you guys, you all did an outstanding white water 💦 rafting. None of you guys panicked, which is one of the most important things to do.

Yo! I see these sections of River everyday and in max flow like this the Wenatchee River is INSANE! These dudes are serious badasses!!!

just wondering, are the oars to give your hands something to do or just for show?

Man this commendable what they have achieved in this , when I first gone for rafting there was only one class 4 rapid I was scared to shit and this gave me goosebumps

Dang that’s balls there! Good job I grew up in northern Washington and this section of river is nothing short of fierce period wow! You made it out alive

Back in 2005 I had the opportunity to kayak this river and I passed. Even though I'm solid class V a whitewater kayaker, it was just too risky. I'm on the river to have fun, I've never been about getting notches in my belt. Just too much for me. Not to mention I have a family to think about. But, kidos to all those who brave it!

whaouuu that's what we call a great run !! amazing...

I have been to the Gauley river in west Virginia. I thought that was insane. But this footage is sick!!! Those are wicked rapids....

OMG. That is so intense!!!!!! WOW. Takes the words right out of me. You guys are crazy awesome!!!!!

Totally amazing!! The perfect boat for this insane run. Brilliant!

See how the improved system keeps them up and a float! I thought of these years ago and people would say you were stupid or dumb but look at them now. They are the best vehicle all the way around. Accounts for everything in every way for ultra enjoyment and safety.

Wow, that's crazy cool! Though I could have done with out the crappy metal soundtrack; let the river speak, it's metal enough.

Babe! Were takin the jumpy house down river, late'!! 😎

Put a clear piece of tubbing through the front pillar and instead of looking at a yellow pillar you could at least have a blurry windshield pillar in front. Pretty cool video.

Sheesh yall made it look easy! I just did my first rafting class 3 and looking for class 4. I love intensity :)

Those are insane rapids! I live in Idaho and I would love to try the Selway, Lochsa, River Of No Return, Snake, Imnaha, Bruneau-Jarbridge and Owyhee rivers. I've only done the Swirly Canyon section because my co-worker and his brother were rafting guides in West Virginia and they have their own raft (I believe the raft they own is the famous 'Ruby' raft you see in Grand Canyon images and has Ruby on the side of it). That was fun as hell! I need more now.

Awesome creation, Shaggy!

That’s awesome doing it this weekend

Really its a unique creature. Amazing video

They're definitely on to something. The CC has two parallel tubes on bottom close together, which makes it easy to tip over. But just as easy to tip back upright again. The flotation roll bars are genius. I'd like to see a raft and/or a decked dory built with a big overhead roll bar, maybe out of foam/fiberglass. I'll try to work it into my act.

Damn that's a gnarly river run!

I would love to get the chance to ride one of these! Looks awesome!

Damn that looks fun as hell!! Great vid. Great ride.

Absolutely fearless 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

Saw that River this weekend, seriously crazy water!!!

Totaly Sick run!

Would love to run that river. Looks like great fun!!😍

Great video guys!

man, if I could see where I was going I would of pulled over. lol.

Looks like a fun weekend

Holy Shit. I thought class 4 rapids were scary as fuck. I would probably be crying If I was in a normal raft on these runs. Those Creature Craft are badass!

Great. Keep on this kind of stuff.

Thats Bad ass Guys, Thank you

Very cool experience for this guys

Exactly! The river is awesome the soundtrack is brutal!,

That looked incredible. Nice run! Would love to try it someday.

impressive craft, liked the self righting bit on the grade 5.

When you realize the egg drop project from your high-school physics class can also float...

Are reinforced seats to support your giant balls standard on Creature Craft rafts, or was that extra?

Amazing!

Wow! I had no idea class of Rapids went above 4! Amazing video

Awesome thanks for sharing.

Damn if it aint that SHAGGY dude! Sweet run Shag!!

At this point aren't they just along for the ride? The oars don't seem to do all that much.

That was insane!!!

Ohh good the place where you see in the front is on the bottom. Perfect

Nice job. Thanks

Radical!

Those boats are the sickest thing.

This is the best designed boat in the world, it can survive class 6 and is used in low-head damn rescue, I'm happy it was created, but it's not even comparable to watching a true pro tackle this river in a kayak

I wonder what those water crafts are materially made out of? Seems safer in design style? Thank you for Sharing. ❤

I thought it was a toy at first. But those are really cool!

totally Radical , Love it

I went down that river in the 80s. And in fall time. That "looks" like spring thaw time volume.

Forget amusement park rides. This is where it's at!

I have seen it at 6000 cfs and it looked similar to this. What was the level when you ran it?

I saw a movie about the Grand Canyon of the Stakine, and holy shit that was big water. These rafts look pretty rad!

Wow... that river sure has grown since I was a kid!!! Yeah.. I"m old. hahahaa. Looks like a BLAST!!!!!!!!

Absolute madness

INSANE!!!

If you guys ever mess up and hit Lava Hole in the GC please get it on tape. I'm curious how your boat would do.

TBH I always thought the creature craft thing was a short lived fad and kinda lame. But this was still pretty sick and the first time I've seen a creature craft flip and then flip back up. I get it now! Nice work fellas.

if I may know what the title of his music?

Why even bring paddles

Does the three foot wide column directly in your line of sight ever get old?

That is simply insane.

looks fun...

What is the band playing the music in this

Creature crafts come standard with a ten inch black pole seat correct?

Rafts with roll bars, sweet!

So cool but wow, would this be enhanced without the music, and instead, with a voiceover explaining a Class VI.

Nice raft!

A rock sieve might present a problem to a craft like this. It seems to do better than normal rafts in big holes.

Those are some big hits right there, but if you were to funnel that much water down the North Fork of the Payette, Tumwater would look like a booze cruise in comparison.

awesome vid, rapids look huge on camera must be massive in person. What an awesome experience that must be 4:04

How does the person in front see with that big tube in the way? Why can't it be moved to the side and have 2 instead of one?

i wonder if some kind of drift sock underneath the boats would stabilize them.

Seriously at the total mercy of the river ....

I guess we need to find PKA a new manager.

They are just along for the ride.

Whoa! Those boys never fell out of their seats. They must have had seat belts. Hang on! Eventually they rolled back up. It helps with overhead flotation. But, I don't like the flotation in front of the view. The view is part of the fun. I wonder how that would be in an air ball? a BLAST!!!

When I first saw the thumbnail I totally thought it was two colorful robots fighting to the death in the ocean

Is this the training wheels for white water rafting?

I was skeptical at first about this thing going on white water rivers! It hardly needs paddles! lol

This craft was originally designed to rescue people from lowhead dam plunge pools and not capsize, if I remember correctly...

what are the oars for?

I must try this! Where can I find Darren??