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Courtney
Big Boofer
Whitewater,sea kayaking, snowboarding, backpacking.
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Topic: Snow kayaking Posted: 14 Jan 2011 at 8:47am |
I saw this on Kinf 5 News this morning. Let's do it!!
Courtney
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James
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Sum Dum Guy
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Posted: 14 Jan 2011 at 9:22am |
That guys laugh was off the hoook.
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jtemus
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Posted: 14 Jan 2011 at 9:43am |
I liked how they kept playing it over and over throughout the clip.
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jella
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Posted: 14 Jan 2011 at 12:30pm |
awesome!!!!
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GHannam
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Posted: 14 Jan 2011 at 2:40pm |
Glad it's getting some publicity-- I've heard people have been kayaking on snow for years. Seems like it would be a little harder on your body though-- you don't have anything to catch impact except your back, and you land flat on your butt... *YIKES*!
Love that guy's laugh too. It's one of those laughs that makes me laugh
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Blair
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Posted: 15 Jan 2011 at 3:57am |
Did evening magazine have to make kayaking seem some 80's? Not so extreme to me anymore after watching that.... yeesh
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Larry
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Mr. Generosity
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Posted: 15 Jan 2011 at 10:09am |
GHannam wrote
"Seems like it would be a little harder on your body though-- you don't have anything to catch impact except your back, and you land flat on your butt... *YIKES*!"
Done it a couple times, landed no more than 3-4 feet of air on semi packed snow and killed my back. Need alot of deep soft snow as that is the only thing to cushion impact, unless you install shocks/springs under your seat. Still alot of fun.
Oh yeah, don't come to a full stop upside down, much harder to roll.
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Shaun
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Posted: 15 Jan 2011 at 10:25am |
I have been doing that for over 10 years. Can be hard on your back unless you are in deep powder, but you have much more control than you would think. Lots of fun.
Once I was afraid of hitting a tree, so I sat on the back deck so that I could bail if needed. Turns out, I hit the tree before I was able to bail. It moved me forward and pinned my legs against the forward end of the cockpit rim (small cockpit, race boat). From that, I learned to always do this completely in the boat instead of half out. That hurt. Bad.
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Hisdudeness
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Posted: 15 Jan 2011 at 3:10pm |
we cal that class II kayaking in nevada
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LisaF
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Posted: 15 Jan 2011 at 8:03pm |
Have only done it on the way to the river (ie, hike in to upper sultan in snow) . . . though I'm not sure why I was the ONLY one to put a helmet on before launching into the snow!
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