Kayakers’ 300ft dam drop
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Topic: Kayakers’ 300ft dam drop
Posted By: Guest
Subject: Kayakers’ 300ft dam drop
Date Posted: 18 Nov 08 at 1:21pm
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Looks a bit of a laugh ... perhas a job for a Topper with lifting rudder of course http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7735242.stm - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7735242.stm
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Posted By: dave.blakesley
Date Posted: 18 Nov 08 at 1:24pm
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saw that in the paper this morning.... took me back to my kayaking days...
cant say i ever attempted anything like that though!! Won't it get a bit hairy at the bottom? recirculating water etc..? especially iirc their travelling at 40mph when they hit the bottom! ------------- |
Posted By: Status
Date Posted: 18 Nov 08 at 1:24pm
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That's a mighty big stopper at the bottom if that is 300ft high!
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Posted By: Jamie
Date Posted: 18 Nov 08 at 1:27pm
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And the Bloke in the kayak did that on purpose did he? And prize for nutter of the week goes to... ------------- www.sailfd.org/GBR - GBR Flying Dutchman |
Posted By: Guest
Date Posted: 18 Nov 08 at 1:38pm
Click the link to watch the vid ... there was more than one but the first bloke got the biggest air ------------- |
Posted By: Oli
Date Posted: 18 Nov 08 at 3:05pm
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damn! i need to have a go on that! ------------- https://skiff-media.teemill.com/" rel="nofollow - T-SHIRTS https://www.photo4me.com/profile/23908/" rel="nofollow - PRINTS |
Posted By: jeffers
Date Posted: 18 Nov 08 at 4:38pm
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The local waterboard are not impressed though......
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Posted By: Guest
Date Posted: 18 Nov 08 at 4:43pm
Do you think Grumpf would get down that in his Alto, he is an expert at steep launching  ------------- |
Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 18 Nov 08 at 5:36pm
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That does look great, and all the better for being banned! ------------- Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686 |
Posted By: Guest
Date Posted: 18 Nov 08 at 6:12pm
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That should ensure a long line of people wanting to give it a go ... ------------- |
Posted By: timnoyce
Date Posted: 18 Nov 08 at 6:40pm
I was actually there in september as I went camping nearby with the Mrs. I'd heard stories about these kayakers and thought they must be pretty nuts! The mountain biking locally is pretty good too.  As you can see, there isn't much of a run off at the bottom! ------------- http://www.facebook.com/bearfootdesign - BEARFOOT DESIGN Cherub 2648 - Comfortably Numb |
Posted By: Scooby_simon
Date Posted: 18 Nov 08 at 7:01pm
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Looks a bit like pitchpoling a cat on hitting the water.
Good stuff; I wonder if they would let us ride our mountain bikes down it? ------------- Wanna learn to Ski - PM me.. |
Posted By: les5269
Date Posted: 18 Nov 08 at 8:26pm
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I know this dam very well, and there is no way you'd get me going down it. Normally when the water is running you get a huge fountain coming off the bottom to aeriate the water in the river, and I wouldn't want to be down there when they switched it on. Tim the pictures you took are what it's normally like, I haven't seen it full for years, and I go up there at least once a year.
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Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 20 Nov 08 at 11:28am
Yep, Welsh water couldn't have advertized better if it had been at Alton Towers! When living in Aberystwyth, the Uni canoe club were very into doing rather extreme things. You'd go down to the harbour in a gale, with white water everywhere, waves breaking twice the height of the harbour walls, and then you'd see a canoist paddling back in, having been out for a play. Mad, quite mad... ------------- Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686 |
Posted By: winging it
Date Posted: 20 Nov 08 at 11:35am
Shame on you Simon! Surely you should be wanting to ski down it? ------------- the same, but different... |
Posted By: laser4000
Date Posted: 20 Nov 08 at 12:04pm
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Surely they'd go faster in an albacore... might be tricky getting under the lower bridge however. |
Posted By: Fans1024
Date Posted: 20 Nov 08 at 12:12pm
Errr... it is Aberystwyth. Stuck in the middle of Wales, about 2 hours from any major civilization will do that to do someone. Surfing a canoe on the Trap is one thing.... a laser 2 is a whole different ball game. |