Definition: Riverbug pron./: bug [buhg] 1. any insect or insectlike invertebrate.
2. a defect or imperfection, as in a mechanical device, computer program
3. a whitewater solo inflatable craft with pontoons and a seatbelt guaranteed to give you a taste of the rapids you’ve not quite experience before.
Welcome to the new species invading
the Ottawa River (and everywhere else in Canada) this spring. To give you the clear defintion to what this boating
craft is, here’s the press release: “The Riverbug is a solo inflatable craft, shaped like an easy chair with pontoons. It has a seat belt to help you stay put. You steer it by using flippers and webbed gloves called propulsion gloves. By propelling yourself sideways or backwards, and shifting your weight to take advantage of the current, you can do most manoeuvres and rapids that a canoe or kayak can do. The Riverbug is very light therefore it’s easily portaged and can be checked as luggage on the airlines. Whitewater manoeuvres are easy and it is great for fishing on rivers, for soloing with a group of canoes or kayaks, for shooting action videos from eddies in the centre of rapids, but most of all because it makes learning to scout and run rivers possible for a group made up of varying skill levels. It also provides a full body workout.”
Invented in New Zealand in early ‘90s, Don Allardice (one of the pioneers of the sport)
says this: “The riverbug is to paddling what snowboards are to alpine.” You wear a
wetsuit or dry suit when you riverbug because you’re going to get wet. You also wear a lifejacket, a helmet, fins, propulsion gloves and booties. You’re guaranteed to have a great time! For more information go ahead and contact Trailhead at
www.trailhead.ca/ (613-722-4229). To see more action videos go to
www.riverbug.me/.
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