The Eddies
The best whitewater boats of the last 10 years?
JACKSON FUN RIOT DISCO WAVE SPORT EZ
The worst whitewater boats of the last 10 years?
WAVE SPORT TRANSFORMER PRIJON ALIEN MASSIVE MAD DOG
What is the highest drop you’ve ever run?
Never run waterfalls ................4% 5–10 feet .....................................15% 20–30 feet .................................23% 70–90 feet .....................................2%
You’ve had sex: In your car/truck/van ...............26% In a borrowed tent ......................22% In a canoe .......................................10%
On top of the paddling school van ......................4%
OTHER (one vote each): MOST PUBLIC: state park bench MOST CHAFFING: through the pee zip in my drysuit MOST DANGEROUS: in a bus in Nepal while driving shuttle MOST SAFE: Lifeguard tower. In an ambulance MOST SCENIC: Rock face above French River BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE: In my paddling shop
22% Have gone whitewater paddling
Health and Safety 61%
Stretch only when you think you’re going to get the shit
without a helmet
kicked out of you (10% never do)
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Rapid’s 10th Anniversary Reader’s Choice Awards On the Road
42% have locked your keys in the shuttle vehicle
38% have had boats fly off your roof or trailer (23% more than once)
36% of readers do not pick up hitchhikers
REASONS YOU GAVE: Don’t you watch horror movies, man? My car is always too full of gear. They tend to press charges.
56% Take Ibuprofin
after you’ve had the shit kicked out of you
(7% take it every time they paddle)
38% Have peed in your
(or somebody else’s) neoprene
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