Watching Christian's 2 attempts on one of the drops ... made it entertaining for the spectators.
Well, mechanical failures do not count. I would have stayed in the boat and rolled if I my knees hadn't popped the skirt off... This actually happened while I was right side up, with the nose of my boat trying to climb onto the big rock (and me falling backwards--hence the knees popping the skirt).
Similar thing happened this summer right at the top of Hollywood on the Kipawa, while bracing on the wave that claimed Luc, and I had to run this Class IV rapid without a backband, definitely not a good idea to flip.
It turns out that the Race Face mountain bike elbow protectors are quite useless in water, I have a big scab on my elbow now...
I since tied two stopper knots on those darn backband ropes, so loosing my backband while paddling will be a thing of the past.
--C.
