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Nice example of WW approach

– Last Updated: Apr-28-08 4:39 PM EST –

Just had a timely email in terms of the way many approach WW.

Four of us had scheduled a beginning playboat lesson for this coming Saturday. We are what most would call intermediate, BCU 3 star sea kayak and have training and seat time in bigger water and surf. The three of us w/o any prior WW background also started doing training in class 2 and easy class 3 this last season. We've all pulled off rolls out there and made some basic progress.

In sum, no one is unacquainted with conditions per se. However, those conditions aren't high class WW. The spot that the coach planned to use for lessons should normally be running around 12000 CFS by now. But this morning's mail reports it running at 21000 CFS, with plenty more behind it still due to rain and a deep snow pack in the high peaks.

So - this Saturday's lesson is off not because none of us can paddle per se, but because the water is going to be way too pushy to be productive for a bunch of mostly over-50's trying to figure out what you do with a playboat.

In my limited experience with surf, if this were training for surf in long boats it would still be a go and the coaches would figure it was a good day if no broken bones.

crazy

– Last Updated: Apr-28-08 2:48 PM EST –

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crazy
man - that’s a crazy video. I have never seen that before.

Drawning Machine
Here is a good little video that demonstates the principles of low head dams.



http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3306474124956495155&q=dam%20safety&hl=en