big boat crashes

2opnboat1 · Post by **2opnboat1** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 4:10 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxiJVxwgZpk
looks painful

the great gonzo · Post by **the great gonzo** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 6:41 am

Nice

! ... now Louie was surely doing a happy dance after this...

... is there footage of that, too??

TGG!

Longboatin · Post by **Longboatin** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 1:17 pm

Aw, wasnt too painful, falling inta all that fluffy stuff. Though do have some nice bruising on the legs from bustin thru a thwart.

Todhunter · Post by **Todhunter** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 3:10 pm

Pics of the bruises, Dan! We were betting how loud you'd be hollering the day after. It was a ballsy run.

Longboatin · Post by **Longboatin** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 4:10 pm

Ok here goes... dont hurt more than a bit tho. Im used to gittin up in the thwart, tho usually ya take it above the hips gittin stopped punchin steep holes, so I'm glad i got some air and contacted wid the legs.

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Brendan · Post by **Brendan** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 4:26 pm

Man, I was eating lunch and looking through the ALF posts- those photo's are just nasty- you should have posted a warning- "Don't look while eating"!

Mr.DeadLegs · Post by **Mr.DeadLegs** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 4:34 pm

I agree, the bruises are bad, but those nasty pale white legs just about made me barf!!!!

Larry Horne · Post by **Larry Horne** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 4:36 pm

nice work LB
might have been better off just leaving that boat on shore and swimming the drop, but way to step up and stick to your guns man.
now you gotta come out here and entertain us!

Longboatin · Post by **Longboatin** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 4:47 pm

Sorry

guys. Believe it I am looking forward to workin on my tan all summer on the UY

Hey Larry vast majority of short boaters there woulda been better off swimmin too, didnt see too many make it upright. Besides, Louie came out the boat too, so I figgerd i better not top him too bad, it bein his home run an all

I might be rethinkn the no floatation thing, I could a paddled away from that wid a center bag!

Mr.DeadLegs · Post by **Mr.DeadLegs** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 5:17 pm

Agreed, and knee cups might have saved the thwart/thighs

Brendan · Post by **Brendan** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 9:05 pm

I wasn't talkin about the bruises!

KNeal · Post by **KNeal** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 9:10 pm

Mr.DeadLegs wrote:I agree, the bruises are bad, but those nasty pale white legs just about made me barf!!!!

Gotta agree.

Well, at least you got to go and have fun with the other boaters.

KNeal

Craig Smerda · Post by **Craig Smerda** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 5:41 pm

Kudo's for huckin' the "Baby" LB'n... but after paddling with everybody down there that was in solo ww-canoes... are you considering something maybe a little bit shorter or more appropriately outfitted for whitewater? Maybe a long (11-12ft) solo ww-canoe?

I ran tandem over Wonder Falls once on a Shredder... because it looked like it'd be fun and the owner didn't want to do it. We survived... but it certainly wasn't by any means the best tool for the job.

Your brother in pale-whiteness...

Larry Horne · Post by **Larry Horne** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 5:59 pm

hey smerda, he said he did as good as the short boats

as far as getting an appropriate craft goes, all he needs to do is come out here and entertain us. And I'm sure he's game.
I'll take him down giant gap or something like that....it's only class IV. then he'll be getting a new boat soon afterwards (because his barge won't make it out in one piece)

on second thought, nah....i don't want to litter any pristine runs with big plastic boat, we'll just do a roadside run like Tobin so the mess can be cleaned up easily.
On tobin, the real advantage of small boats shows up, because they flow through the seives. The barge may just stick.

Craig Smerda · Post by **Craig Smerda** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 6:26 pm

A Caption or a Blast can be paddled solo or tandem with a triple saddle... it's at least worth considering if the whole "length" thang is really that important to him.

I mean... you could ride a unicycle on the Tour De France... but that wouldn't be the best tool for the job either... would it?

I'm not slammin'... I'm jus' sayin'

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