For the last 9 months or so myself and a group of friends have been saving up footage for a paddling film. So if you’ve got 43 minutes going spare enjoy some high water from Kenya, Siberia, Pakistan, Meghalaya and the UK:

Joe

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On monday we got close to an inch of rain, so tuesday i woke up and drove to Cane Creek falls. I met Issac Levinson and Steve Fisher there. This is a drop both issac and myself have wanted for a long time. Its just hard to get it at a good level. When we got there we took a look and it was clearly on the low side. We were calling it the bare minimum. The drop had been run 3 times before, pat keller got the first decent. Then pat and hunt jennings went back again last year and ran it side by side on opposite sides of the drop. So only 2 people had been on this awesome drop, and being around 70′ with a tricky lip its an interesting drop for sure.
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Soča Katarakt is an extreme kayaking classic. With swift development of kayaking in the recent years, this section doesn’t present a demanding run for a contemporary high-end kayaker, but it is still notorious and feared for its numerous dangerous siphons.

The Katarakt video was shot in November 2012, right after some of the biggest floods this valley has had in the last century. This section has been known to change often after the floods or avalanches and so it has changed in November. Those who know the section might notice some new lines and even rapids in this video, while the changes are more evident in the low water. There are numerous Soča tributaries and near-by rivers in the area, but most are only runnable by kayak after heavy rain. Tolminka and Učja are the most beautiful and also most demanding ones. They are long, dangerous and especially Tolminka is in some parts only less than a meter wide. Both of these descents were shot in 2011, probably at a record-high water level. I ran out of batteries at about a half of Tolminka descent, so the narrowest and most breath-taking part, the Tolminka Gorge, isn’t in the video. There is, however, something what could be called a bonus shot. At one point we ran into a complete tree blockade of one of its gorges, which demonstrates how dangerous descents after heavy rain can be. I only hardly stopped before running into it (and probably into my death), thanks to the last second warning of my mates. We improvised to get over the obstacle, which probably wasn’t the smartest idea, as we didn’t know what waited for us behind it, knowing that we had to go one by one, with some of us having to swim through the gorge. Luckily, we all made it through.

All the music has been made by Slovenian artists listed below and I don’t hold any rights to it. If you like the music, check the artists’ other work.

Thanks to all the buddies for some of the best times I have ever had!
Thanks to all the sponsors for keeping me well equipped and making it overall possible!

EDIT: Andraž Krpič

KAYAKERS: Andraž Krpič, Andrej Bijuklič, Jernej Mlekuž, Igor Kozorog, Igor Mlekuž.

MUSIC:
*MELODROM — Counting Days (Raingarden rmx)
*GRAMATIK — Muse – Knights Of Cydonia (Remix)
*GRAMATIK — Born Ready
*TIDE — Evolution

SPONSORS:
Palm Equipment
Dagger Europe
Ophion Paddles
Shred Ready
+ Pierro & Alpin Action, a local retailer of all these brands

Over the holidays Santa sent several inches of rain for a present and I had a change to jump on Overflow Creek with some high-school boating friends for super relaxing and low stress day. High water the first lap and medium water the second what a great day. I had forgotten how nice it was to be 45 minutes from the Overflow takeout, it was a real blessing growing up so close to such a sweet drainage. These mediocre pictures are from the second lap so the water is a little low….
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1)      Get to the top of the feature: There are a few different ways you can do this, but essentially you are trying to slow your boat down in some way so that it drags you downstream (or higher up on the wave).  You can lean downstream in a front or side surf digging your edge in or stopping your boat from planning on the entire hull.  You can plant your paddle in the water to cause drag, or what I commonly do is carve to the flatter side of the wave (if the wave has a shoulder) and when you feel like your falling off, lean forward quickly and cut back into the middle.

2)      Initiate your downward momentum…

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