The Paddler ezine WW kayak collection 2013 | Page 94

A tense game of rock,
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paper, scissors decided that I would be going
first. I have imagined myself above this drop so
many times in the years gone by, it felt great to
finally get it done. I seal launched off, made my
turn. Took my forward strokes one, two, three.
Holding the last stroke vertical as I rode off the
lip, staring down as tried to spot my landing.
Throwing my paddle high into the air and then
tucking tight into my boat and holding on to the
cockpit rim. The landing was soft and I hand
rolled up no problems.

Blair had a sweet line too, but unfortunately deck
implosion caused him to swim. After a quick
chase of his boat and paddles we managed to
recover everything with minimal fuss and made
our way to the take out.
So all in all Chile is going pretty well right now. I
am so happy to be wearing my Kokatat Gore-tex
Meridian Drysuit as being warm