Topic: Thursday Evening Paddling at Champlain

[windowshade]

Sad but true...

Paul

[Mark.D.]

 there is no more wave in the centre at champlain , it doesn't exist anymore , 10 years ago it was huge , rocks must have moved it since then , I have not seen it in years at all levels .
 
 The only wave in the centre is the shallow training wave .

[JohnCyr]

The water level is 58.52 at the moment.. Nothing much to play in near the wall. No eddy either..

In the center waves... Well, some on here say they surf it.. It can be done in longer boats IE : Richard managed to catch it with my Booster and stayed on for about 15 seconds before getting flushed.. Otherwise.. There is the Training wave that can be surfed in shorter boats.. River left of the center wave but im not even sure its "in" at this level.

There were some paddlers yesterday between the walls at deschenes playspot!

HEres a list of whats "in" and whats not around the city and the Britania gauge website.


Gauge
http://www.wateroffice.ec.gc.ca/graph/graph_e.html?stn=02KF005

Spots
http://cityofottawawhitewater.blogspot.com/

[Sean]

Hi All,

I haven't been out much this year, so these are going to be "noob" questions about the present waves...

1) are you saying that it is possible to surf by the wall??  I'm sure there's no eddy - are you walking to the top each time or is there a rope?
or
2) are you playing out near the middle ?

I might try to get out tonight and am thinking about bringing the sea kayak to try to surf the middle, but if the waves at the wall are big enough to get an AllStar surfing, then...

Thanks,

Sean

[dru]

Yes, I can be there around 5:30.

[shinera]

Does anyone want to meet at the  Champlain bridge this Thursday (October 7th).  Tonia and I were up there last Sunday and the level was quite a lot higher then anything we had seen since we started going around July this past summer.  We would like to play more in the waves but feel that we probably need to go with more experienced paddlers. 

-A

[dru]

Yeah, I have a yellow pyranha.

[JohnCyr]

Ive seen a few guys drive down from champlain! Did you have a yellow boat!? When I was there there were two yellow boats..one orange and one green one! :p

[dru]

I was at Champlain at 5:30, but no one was there. Guy named Martin came by to check the water level and said he was going to Deschenes, so I ended up there too. You may have saw me there, I was the one being flushed out  It was fun though. The water level is up to 58.6 now, the wall might have come in today. Too bad I'm going to Toronto after work.

[JohnCyr]

Just came back from Champlain and no one there.. waves are small and somwhat boring.. On the way home..seeing how i live 5 minutes from Dechesnes.. I stopped to check out the wave/hole in the Channel between the walls...

A few guys from CUKC and John from Levelsix were there... Its more of a hole and good for front/back surfs.. spins, cartwheels, felixs and such... Its a bit shallow so you have to tuck in when rolling and have to be quick... Heres a sh*tty pic i took with the cellphone..

Richard and I are most likely going to be there Tomorrow (Friday) at around 4 ish.. Ill be watching him since i sold my booster but ill try it a few times when hes taking a break! You guys feel free to join!!

[JohnCyr]

ill come watch and have a few beers! :p

[ChristianG]

Good idea!

[dru]

It's looking like the water levels might make it worth at least one more week at Champlain. Anyone interesting in this Thursday at Champlain?

[ChristianG]

Look like the 2010 Champlain season is over... See you early in 2011! --C.

[ChristianG]

...this week at the JJ wave, see related thread!