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Inflatable Kayak Whitewater River Rafting - Suring The Hole!

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Channel: Daredevil Girl · 2016 · Sports

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One of my funnest times I had rafting down the Kern River in Kernville, California (near Lake Isabella). This video is of me and my friend Ryan Hanning Feiler. We were in an inflatable kayak or IK whitewater kayaking down Big Daddy rapids. Ryan was sitting in front paddling and I was in the back steering wearing the GoPro camera attached to my helmet. April 2003.

I was going through river guide training at this time with SoCal Rafting. I had already decided I didn't want to be a guide, but wanted to complete the training anyways to get as much time on the river as possible. I had gone river rafting for the first time a month before this video. This big rock (the "f-you" rock) that we hit in Big Daddy Rapids had already taken me out a couple times where I had to swim the rapids. So I was already kinda nervous and honestly Ryan was nervous to be my passenger because he didn't want to swim either. That water was cold!!

Welp, I steered us sideways (accidentally) over that rock and we ended up surfing the hole. I didn't even know how to surf the hole on purpose. It just kinda happened by accident. Like me, Ryan grew up swimming waves at the beach, not swimming river rapids. So this river thing was kinda new for both of us.

So as you see in this video we go over the rock sideways and end up surfing the rapids in the hole. I can't believe I stayed in the boat. It was a miracle. We paddled the best we could while laughing the whole time. It was actually a little scary and really really fun!! Then Lucian Whitman (the owner of SoCal Rafting and our boss) came over the rock in his kayak and knocked us right out of the hole. This caused him to flip over and get stuck on our IK for a second. Lucian is a pro on the river so he was able to get out of it right away. Boy oh boy what an adventure! That was so much fun.

I loved the few months I spent on the Kern River in 2013 river rafting, inflatable kayaking, tubing and water zorbing. I experienced some great memories to last a lifetime!! Thank you Lucian and SoCal Rafting! Much love to you!

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