Published on November 15th, 2024 |
by Kayak Session
If you beater, then beater with some style… Here is Jessi Gerstner doing exactly that on the classic Double Drop of the Upper Palguin! After being backlooped and preparing to drop off the second fall upside down, it’s pulled together and saved by a « maybe on purpose » lean boof!!
« You can do laps on laps on laps on this section, practicing lean boofs, improving your stomping technique or just having a good time with your friends on the water. If this seems too easy, conventional or boring to you: TRY THIS & BEAT IT! Miss your boof on the first drop, take a deep breath and wait until you pull off a huuuge roll-to-almost-lean-boof right at the lip of the second drop. For a grande finale lean back again and enjoy another deep dive before you finally roll up in a big, beautiful pool as if nothing had happened. »
Safety was set and no one was hurt except our abs were sore from laughing!
By: Jessi Gerstner
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Disclaimer: Originally, we created the Beater For All Video Contest with fun beaters in mind (kayakers getting worked and swimming out of it (or not…) with a smile. However, we have been receiving more and more videos showing scary & sketchy situations, some being real close calls. This created a debate among us, enriched by comments from viewers: should we or should we not show those videos? By encouraging and magnifying carnage and beatering, do we promote it? Do viewers forget the dangers of kayaking? We think otherwise. We came to the conclusion that those videos can be educative and show how dangerous the sport of whitewater kayaking can be, and how nasty and quickly can a situation turn from funny to bad. By showing those videos, we firmly believe that these can create discussions and a space for exchange about what could/should have been done to avoid such situations, which will ultimately lead to increases in safety and river knowledge. Note, we never show videos in which people would get hurt badly, or even worse, showing fatal accidents. Last but least, the videos are submitted by their authors, most time the « victims » themselves. NB, We do not poach videos.