Sunset falls footage ?
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Printed Date: 14 Jul 2025 at 12:34am
Topic: Sunset falls footage ?
Posted By: Chuck e fresh
Subject: Sunset falls footage ?
Date Posted: 14 Oct 2008 at 3:11pm
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Anyone going to post the amazing spiderrob running the falls last week ??? Anyone....BUELER ??? Anyone... ------------- There's no such word as can't!so stop making excuses!!!! |
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Posted By: Meghan
Date Posted: 14 Oct 2008 at 6:19pm
| Rob was jabbering at me via voicemail this weekend and I paid only slight attention cause I've been listening to him for eight years. Did he really do it? Really? |
Posted By: Ellingferd
Date Posted: 14 Oct 2008 at 6:53pm
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yes he did. |
Posted By: jP
Date Posted: 14 Oct 2008 at 7:36pm
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He did in fact. Got it straight from the horse's mouth today. I congratulate him. ...Even though I know that there will be many among the "armchair kayaker" demographic who will be quick to hold up their puny scorecards like an olympic gymnastics event. These assorted pieces of driftwood, miscellaneous wingnuts, and various spirit snipers will throw out their 2 cent opinions about why it does or doesn't "count". But the fact remains: The man got in his boat, put on his skirt, and MADE THE COMMITMENT, something (as far as I know) Tao Bergman himself has yet to do. Other "Johnny just started paddling yesterday (or last year, or three years ago, ect.)" types will express their own sensibilities about weather or not it was safe, smart, crazy, ill concieved, yada yada... I'd like to pre-emptively remind these folks that most of the decisions and judgements we make as paddlers are ultimately personal ones, and that it's important to repect other people's "River Realities", even if you don't personally understand them. Lastly, keep in mind that regardless of how Rob's feat of paddling measures up on your scorecard, it is quite likely that he has just bushwacked the trail down that slide we call "Sunset Falls" for future paddlers. Perhaps by 2012 there will have been several clean decents at the appropriate water level(s). Perhaps by 2015 it will be common to run it, and there may even be a few young 16 year old hotshots firing it off? Whitewater history has shown us that such a possibilitiy is concievable. Congratulations, Rob!! And I'm very glad you're o.k.!! jP ------------- 🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋🐋 |
Posted By: James
Date Posted: 15 Oct 2008 at 9:27am
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Bummer that we don't have any footage... but quite honestly we should be thankful first that robs ok and second that he even chose to tell other people about his run. Nice job... anyone want to put in an order?  |
Posted By: ALCOHOLIC
Date Posted: 15 Oct 2008 at 10:34am
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hahaha the Rob huck doll I love it!!! Well there is footage, it's high def and all. Rob and I have to make some decisions before it's put out there for everyone to see. As far as him getting ejected from his boat, I don't think there was any way he could have stayed in his boat unless we wrapped a 100 giant zip ties around his skirt. he was right where he wanted to be the whole way down, shit just got violent and crazy. So for the record, Rob did not pull his skirt, forces of nature said get out ya boat bitch!
Whether or not it's considered successful who gives a shit, it's the baddest thing I've seen go down in a kayak! and the footage is all mine!!! mine!!! mine I tell you!!!! my precious footage.. .my precious... ooohhh my precious.... all mine...... ------------- Masturbating Monkey |
Posted By: James
Date Posted: 15 Oct 2008 at 10:45am
| Give it up Golemn... we wants your precious!!! |
Posted By: Chuck e fresh
Date Posted: 15 Oct 2008 at 11:30am
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Oh man, I want's ta see ! Filthy hobits's..it's going to be a box office hit !! ------------- There's no such word as can't!so stop making excuses!!!! |
Posted By: water wacko
Date Posted: 15 Oct 2008 at 11:45am
Rob made Sunset Falls mad. Sunset first got a little pissy and broke Al Faucett's nose when he went first. Prolly hit the rooster rock. Then Rob made her mad so she just tore his skirt off. I feel sorry for the guy who goes next. 
------------- "Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive." ~Howard Thurman |
Posted By: hardboof
Date Posted: 15 Oct 2008 at 12:01pm
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Mr. Clean is the man. |
Posted By: funnywater
Date Posted: 15 Oct 2008 at 12:12pm
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i don't think sunset falls is mad. maybe if someone dumped a 50 gallon barrel of oil into the river or something, it would get mad. the following floods might devastate the surrounding area, for example. the "wrath of God", if you prefer to call it that...
but does a horse "get mad" when flys are buzzing around it's ass? no. it simply swishes it's tail, almost as if it is even unaware of their presence. i think sunset falls just "swished it's tail". i think it cares not if the gnats are present on or near it's body. next time i'm swirling around it's base, i'll ask it.
------------- see you in the funny papers |
Posted By: ashleygoesdisco
Date Posted: 15 Oct 2008 at 12:35pm
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WOooooooooooooooooooooooooHOOOOOOO!!
------------- Ashley Duffus Well behaved women rarely make history. www.naiyadays.blogspot.com |
Posted By: PowWrangler
Date Posted: 15 Oct 2008 at 1:09pm
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at the very least, that needs to go in Northwest Video Scrapbook or something of the sort.
edit: haha, the photoshop on the tao doll is great James, but I think the gear looks way to new.
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Posted By: water wacko
Date Posted: 15 Oct 2008 at 5:25pm
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I agree with POW, besides, Rob isn't bendable, he's unbreakable. Who's the champ?
------------- "Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive." ~Howard Thurman |
Posted By: Chuck e fresh
Date Posted: 15 Oct 2008 at 11:53pm
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I guess if someone dosn't post the footage soon, I'll have to buy the huck doll from James and film my own footage of Rob vrs Sunsetfalls. I hope the face dosn't come off in the run but if it does it'll be like magic... Rob enter's Tao finish's..shaa, shaaa ! Come on , don't make me go down to Rob's office and get it from him myself !!! ------------- There's no such word as can't!so stop making excuses!!!! |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 16 Oct 2008 at 7:56am
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Man, JP, why you gotta start hatin before anyone starts anything?
Glad you made it down ok Rob. ------------- |
Posted By: JoesKayak
Date Posted: 16 Oct 2008 at 10:02am
| Nice job Rob! I have studied every foot of that drop (there are many of them) and that is one gnarly chunk of water! Congrats and nutting up big time! |
Posted By: hugo
Date Posted: 16 Oct 2008 at 6:09pm
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good work rob...how did that homemade dildo of a boat fare? ------------- suck it |
Posted By: 14kayaking2
Date Posted: 16 Oct 2008 at 6:32pm
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footage would be nice.... There is a difference between equipment failure, and otherwise. Rob ran it. Nicely done. ------------- "We are only boaters between swims" Matty |
Posted By: fiddleyak
Date Posted: 16 Oct 2008 at 7:55pm
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Nice job Rob. Like most of us here I've stood at the base of Sunset and said no f@cking way! That's an amazing feat that I'm certain few people will repeat (contrary to JP's rant). I'm glad you're okay and looking forward to boating soon. Ben ------------- |