Canoeist swaps boats in Pillow Rock Rapid, Gauley River

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  • Опубліковано 21 вер 2011
  • Canoeist flips and swims to Volkswagen Rock. His boat floats downriver and he stands there until another canoeist flips and that boat washes to VW Rock. Funny Fail

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  • @swiminmexican
    @swiminmexican 12 років тому +22

    Hey, that's me.

  • @CornFarmerJohn
    @CornFarmerJohn 12 років тому +8

    This maybe one of the greatest videos I've even seen. So funny, I wish he would have made it

  • @sanansa4567
    @sanansa4567 5 років тому +6

    stay there long enough and he will have a paddle too. LOL

  • @terryprater8115
    @terryprater8115 3 роки тому +1

    Yep. He was almost a hero. I used to have a Dagger Ocoee similar to that one. They are very easy to roll. If he had had a little tighter fit into that foam block style saddle, he should have been able to roll it. However, to roll a canoe, you have to have a very snug fit so that you don't slip out of it, and that foam is very slick when it gets wet. I always used thigh straps and toe blocks in my whitewater canoes. During my prime, I rarely missed a roll. Unfortunately, due to my knee replacements, I cannot even kneel in a canoe now. I k-1 now, but it's just not the same as open canoe.

  • @georgewilliamssr5230
    @georgewilliamssr5230 Рік тому +1

    Great narration.

  • @amygeorge1000
    @amygeorge1000 12 років тому +3

    I was lucky enough to be there that day and witness this. Very entertaining. Gotta love Gauley Fest!!!

  • @sanansa4567
    @sanansa4567 5 років тому +4

    are you guys ordering burgers while watching someone struggle for their survival? savage

  • @777PLove
    @777PLove 12 років тому +3

    Awesome that is taking pirate boating to a new level

  • @timmillan6701
    @timmillan6701 Рік тому

    My only rafting experience was on the Gauley. A nonstop thrill a minute for a very long ride. It wore me out

  • @wickedender
    @wickedender 12 років тому +2

    I heard about this last weekend and was hoping someone had caught it on film. I bet no one had ever swam out of two different canoes in the same run at pillow before. Sweet!

  • @bryonleche3627
    @bryonleche3627 Рік тому

    I almost drowned under that rock when I was a youngster. It’s scary watching it even 25 years later

  • @MnktoDave
    @MnktoDave 12 років тому +5

    That's classic!...wish he would have made it!

  • @paulkerby4829
    @paulkerby4829 Рік тому

    Oh that’s a great video

  • @ihammerhands
    @ihammerhands 11 років тому +2

    I was there and have footage of the guy from the upstream angle. Funny indeed.

  • @porkdogx
    @porkdogx 11 років тому +2

    I love to see that shit live on the river. Always a good time in WV.

  • @MrTurtleturds
    @MrTurtleturds 10 років тому

    haha! totally there and saw that!

  • @MaskedPixel
    @MaskedPixel 12 років тому +1

    Hah, I had flipped and gone over VW just before this in a green Green Boat! Do you have more from before this? It would be awesome if I could see any of my first descent on the Gauley :) Thanks for posting this vid!

  • @stat_mike9720
    @stat_mike9720 Рік тому +1

    That place is a death trap

  • @clebersantoszioto8294
    @clebersantoszioto8294 Рік тому

    Bolsonaro 2022. Maior estadista na atualidade mundial. Por um Brasil próspero, democrático e Cristão.🙏 Esperança para toda América Latina e exemplo ao Mundo. Avante Brasil...Vivas a Bolsonaro .🌻

  • @BLDC2024
    @BLDC2024 Рік тому

    Bestias!!!

  • @amarsink1302
    @amarsink1302 Рік тому

    Radical😀

  • @1298dr
    @1298dr 12 років тому

    I should have been there! Too bad i went on the lower that day...

  • @mariajosedasilva2177
    @mariajosedasilva2177 Рік тому

    Plano perfeito.

  • @MonthlyFails
    @MonthlyFails Рік тому

    Hey Stephen Smith, do you have an email address at which we could contact you regarding this video? We would be interested to discuss a license to use this video if this is generally possible? (i.e. via email) :) Cheers, Felix

  • @mariajosedasilva2177
    @mariajosedasilva2177 Рік тому

    Quase perfeito.

  • @antoniosoares5082
    @antoniosoares5082 Рік тому

    É preciso ter 🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅... coragem é isso!!!

  • @TheKrajco
    @TheKrajco 3 роки тому

    😂😂

  • @johnnybhoy4278
    @johnnybhoy4278 Рік тому

    Looks pretty stupid to me but what do I know?

  • @Druwnumber4
    @Druwnumber4 12 років тому

    @MaskedPixel I've got plenty from before this. Check out my channel.