Waist-deep-POW in VT

[JD]

Yesterday????
Big Branch Boogie....

 

[MichaelJ]

That the same Big Branch as in the Big Branch Wilderness off Danby/Mt. Tabor Road?

 

[JD]

Yes, that's her. Reguarded as one of the best runs in NE. Running all week...

 

[severine]

Wow! Nice!

 

[Trekchick]

That looks like fun!

 

[dmc]

Looks cold...

 

[JD]

60 tomorrow..

 

[JD]

New Hapshire POW...

 

[JD]

today!
Johnson VT

 

[Hawkshot99]

I would love to get into stuff like that. The most i have ever done is like class 2. But I do play out in the surf at the beach.

 

[JD]

Do it! Buy an older creek boat, learn a roll...stuff goes off all around you. you'll start to LOVE rain. It's like powder. Neck deep...
www.npmb.com
www.americanwhitewater.org

 

[Hawkshot99]

Do it! Buy an older creek boat, learn a roll...stuff goes off all around you. you'll start to LOVE rain. It's like powder. Neck deep...

Any idea what boat/skirt and everything else would run me?

 

[deadheadskier]

today!
Johnson VT

Get out! you dropped that??? Looks like a solid 20 feet

 

[JD]

Dude...super clean waterfall into a giant bedrock kettle. It's one of those big drops that is actually not very hard..Yes, we all ran it.
Used Creeker (I'd buy an Embudo or a Salto, by Prijon and Eskimo respectively because their plastic is the most durable by FAR)....3-400. Skirt...I'll give you one for free if you buy a boat and can't get a skirt with it. PFD Paddle Helmet, another 200, less if you find a packageShould be able to get set up for around 500...and that should last you a bunch of years.

 

[JD]

Not sure how much you weigh...
http://www.npmb.com/cms2/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?90602
another Mutant..
http://www.npmb.com/cms2/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?90628
and this is the boat i have, bought very used....VERY durable, and a good reliable design..Guys been trying to sell it for years...
http://www.npmb.com/cms2/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?79392
good for a larger personup to 180lbs.
the mutant would be better for 140-160lb dude.
and this one for a big guy...
http://www.npmb.com/cms2/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?91497
paddle and skirt...
http://www.npmb.com/cms2/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?90641

 

[Grassi21]

Sweet. Since AZ was blocked for me at work I have been hitting the paddling forums hard lately (man do I sound like a junkie going through withdrawal). But it has me psyched to take the ole 16' out on the flat water. Looking forward to getting more paddling in this season than last.

As someone would say, thanks for the stoke.

 

[JD]

West Branch Deerfield...

 

[JD]

Toady the pow was overhead! WAY OVER HEAD!