Is this legal on TeamFLI?

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Permalink Reply by Rochelle Parry on August 13, 2009 at 4:06pm

Devil's advocate here: would watching riverboarders plummet the same falls be as exciting to watch as kayakers?

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Permalink Reply by Charl van Rensburg on August 14, 2009 at 2:13am

I guess only if they're doing reverse spins or double el rollo's on the way down. What about your back though?

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Permalink Reply by Alex Koutzoukis on August 13, 2009 at 5:19pm

I think watching riverboarders charge those falls would be pretty damn exciting! The freestyle kayaking mixed with creeking shown in the video is pretty ridiculous.

Personally I'm not ready to start charging 100' waterfalls on a riverboard yet, but I'm down to watch and film others doing it ;)

However I'm looking forward to pushing the envelope even more next season on the rivers in Northern California especially in the big water/surfing realm! Looking foward to the El Nino year!!!

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Permalink Reply by Charl van Rensburg on August 14, 2009 at 2:18am

The thing is, those guys didn't start out running 100' waterfalls. Probably started small and pushed it from there. Alex, I reckon one of the areas that can facilitate more exciting freestyle in Riverboarding is board design.... you're well-positioned to break some new things open in that realm.

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Permalink Reply by Huw Miles on August 15, 2009 at 5:36pm

I´m with you Charl. The surfing that the likes of Jon Imhoff and the serious fun boys do in the old school videos is sick. ´Would be great to see people trying new stuff and pushing barriers on the free style front. Board design coul be th way forward

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Yount on August 14, 2009 at 10:21am

I do like kayak freestyle, but I feel that one mistake they made that has limited the appeal of freestyle kayaking to the masses is having their own names for tricks instead of using what was already established in skate, bike, and snow. The public could follow it a little more if a front flip was called a front flip instead of a loop.

I'm ready to start pushing some falls, but I prefer to add 10 feet at a time and work my way up. Still waiting for two 30 footers in different parts of Tennessee to get enough water to run, but haven't seen them running in the almost 2 years that I've been back home in the states.

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Permalink Reply by Rob Larkham on August 14, 2009 at 2:00pm

Compared to this, I'm not even a kayaker and I have been doing it for almost 7 years and have class V runs under my belt.....I'm not worthy! WOW!

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Yount on August 14, 2009 at 2:15pm

Alex, you are going to enjoy the Cal Salmon and upper Klamath.

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Permalink Reply by Docta P on August 15, 2009 at 1:40am

Oh yes!!!

Much fun and many smiles for all (except dumb lost shuttle bunnies)... but we won't go there again.

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Permalink Reply by Charl van Rensburg on August 15, 2009 at 2:49am

You've lost me on this one P.

Como....?

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Permalink Reply by Rochelle Parry on August 16, 2009 at 1:04am

Go to that xsports magazine; there's an article about it. Maybe in the first issue?

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