ROBERT FAUBERT SCOTT MACGREGOR
SCOTT MACGREGOR
E RAMP TRICKS
Whitewater ramps evoke the spirit of the two- part episode of Happy Days called “Fearless Fonzarelli,” in which Fonzie feels his “cool” is in a slump and, to reclaim it, jumps his motorcycle over 14 garbage cans in Arnold’s parking lot. The first part ends with Fonzie in the air and “To Be Continued” across the screen. A week later, Fonzie is seen hitting the pavement, laying his bike down, sliding into a chicken stand and going to the hospital with a smashed-up knee. So if you feel like your “cool” is in a slump, find a ramp and giv’er.
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ROYALEX CANOES
Royalex canoes can be dragged off rocks, pounded out, de-creased over a fire and paddled home. Marriages, after a bad swim and wrapped canoe, are questionable at best.
BARRELS
You can not deny the ever-so-slight orgasm enjoyed when hearing the lid snap on a barrel.
Floatation Nobody said displacement had to be pretty.
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RAPID
PAUL MASON
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In 1997 Corran Addison brought the world this aggressive variation on the aerial blunt in which the paddler launches off a wave, rolls in the air and lands in a side surf.
Bonfires Without fire, there would be no life.
THIGH STRAPS
The difference between being one with your canoe and one with the river.
SURFING
Surfing is the granddaddy of all playboat- ing. Hip hop or Mozart, stand up or sit down, canoe or kayak, Blueblockers or Oakley Waterjackets, canvas or Gore- Tex—no matter who you are in paddling, surfing is crack. You get a little for free and then you will sell almost anything for more. Remember, without the front surf we would all still just be “shooting the rapids.”
The Bike Shuttle No lock required
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Not only will it get your pinned boat off a rock, it will give the Boy Scouts who are always practicing knots and clipping things to carabiners some- thing to do on a “safety break.”
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