Awesome vid and great paddling skills. And many thanks for not having an outrageous sound track... the sound of the rushing water and waves was perfect!

He is always looking upstream for his buddies. The perfect partner on a difficult river.

That is some awesome whitewater work, James! The Grand Canyon in a C-1 would be my dream float. And watching you roll that beauty is a thing of beauty!

Excellent runs through the mauling in the rapids. You do know these rapids well. I so wish I had the kahones to do this when I had the opportunity but now as an older gent I just enjoy watching the canoes in big water. Thanks very much for posting.

Fantastic video!! I've lost count of how many times I've watched it. Great paddling. One of the best videos on you-tube. Thanks.

Nice to see an aggressive, savvy bow man for once!

Jedi open boater moves James! Makes me want it even more. Great vid as well

excellent paddling and great video!

Super smooth and clam boater!

Good line at Lava and good job of "not gettin your ears wet"!

The weir is my favorite home-town rapid. Dude's got the correct name.

Awesome paddling!

Nicely done.

James, which canoe are you paddling> Your are a pro and the best buddy to paddle with. I can tell this by watching you looking back to make sure your friends are ok.

You guys are bad ass.

Awesome video man....can anyone tell me what canoe James Weir is using in this videos AND what would you personally recommend for a high endurance, lots of portages, canoe race such as the Texas Water Safari for 3 people. Thank you very much!!!

Brett Weir is an amazing canoist

What tandem canoe are you using and great video with no annoying soundtrack

great vid what would be your ideal OC1 to take on a raft assisted trip

Did you have any kind of sump pump?

What length is your paddle and how tall are you?

Very nice video, I'd like to go again. When exactly did you make it and what was the water level?

@Funkidreadz

6 жыл бұрын

merci beaucoup Luc. The trip was in October 2016, we enjoyed water levels between 9,000 and 13,000 CFS depending on the dam release.

very nice! I am an open boater, have rafted the GC twice, but would not do it in my canoe... were you in an outrage X?

@Funkidreadz

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you David, the Grand Canyon is an awesome canoe trip, I have been twice. In this video I paddled an Esquif Spark.

John Wesley Powell would be so jealous!

Did you guys have to do a roll at Hermit ?

@michaelhill56

4 жыл бұрын

No, he was clean...

#makecanoeinggreatagain

Sick video; thx. I'm just wondering - why don't solo ww canoeists use double-paddles? I bet there's a technical reason I'm missing.

@morganharper3459

6 жыл бұрын

A Aizner a double bladed paddle would be better, but it takes away the point of canoeing.

@aaizner847

6 жыл бұрын

Morgan Harper What IS, ostensibly, the point of canoeing, and how is it different from the point of ww kayaking or packrafting, which I always thought was to navigate rapids in/with the best available equipment?

@trevorsowers

5 жыл бұрын

@@aaizner847 The point of running the rapids is to have fun. Go with whatever watercraft is the most fun for you!!

@aaizner847

5 жыл бұрын

@@trevorsowers Wasn't talking about the choice of boat...

@seaotter52

5 жыл бұрын

@@aaizner847 Your question is a good one. The answer is not quite as simple as stated previously but close. Canoeing is based on the original First Nation concepts and subsequent voyagers who collected fur and brought them back for sale. The early canoes typically used one bladed paddles and the vary large freight hauling canoes were too wide for double blades. You see similar in Polynesian paddling. Single blades. Form following function. From there, it was the norm to use the typical canoe paddle although boats like the Wee Lassie and others were made to use double blades, and because you sit down low in the Wee Lassie style boats, it is difficult to paddle using a canoe paddle, hence 2 blades. In a typical canoe you can (and people, myself included have, esp during a really windy river trip) use a kayak paddle. In my whitewater canoes I use a canoe paddle because of the tradition and because it is more challenging than using a kayak paddle. I'm a canoe instructor and paddle kayaks occasionally. I have found that it quite a bit easier to learn/teach kayak than canoe. The paddle is the difference. The benefits of single blade is that you can transfer the knowledge more readily to kayak than vice-versa. This is a long answer to say that is based on tradition and wanting a more challenging and esoteric way to paddle. In reality, I like all the boats

I'm watching this after watching I shouldn't be alive guy who's raft got flipped ?

canoes filled with inflatable pillows are very much kayaks

@trevorsowers

5 жыл бұрын

Kayaks typically also have air bags in them. The bags are to displace water during a capsize. So no it's not the same as paddling a kayak as it feels much different and it's just a personal preference .

@itomba

5 жыл бұрын

Much higher center of gravity also.

@bdh3949

5 жыл бұрын

Real men only need one blade.