Urban Kayaking Freestyle Move, Set to Street Musicians… by ericjackson | May 22, 2014 | Playboating, the athlete, the innovator, Whitewater | 2 comments Train Bridge in Background Dominion River Rock Festival put on by the “Sports Backers” of Richmond, VA (Jon Lugbill, for those who remember this slalom legend), was another huge success with 100,000 people in attendance over two days and epic weather and water… While warming up for the Freestyle event, I found two train bridge pilings that were only about 15 feet apart and the current lead from one to another. I was able to do a front loop into a splat on the first bridge and the current took me off to the left towards the second bridge piling. A 90 Degree turn while doing a stern stall to splat the second piling and ride it down to the end made for a super cool Urban kayaking freestyle session… Not often do you have man made structures to play with in a river… Nice to see that skateboarders and bikers are not the only ones that can put cement to good use! Meanwhile- walking up to the put-in, I ran into these street performers, who provided a great sound track for the video… Check out this video… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFdKC-WtEtk&list=UUE-U0lhf97ldqaUOTXy6P9A[/youtube] 🙂 EJ 2 Comments Gary Masimore on May 22, 2014 at 7:43 pm Missed this event this year and too bad too because of the very high water levels. EJ, do you have any footage from the competition? Would love to see some moves on the waves below the train bridge on the waves that open up! Thanks! Gary Reply Byrdman on May 27, 2014 at 2:57 pm Great having you in RVA! Reply Submit a Comment Cancel replyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment * Name * Email * Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ
Gary Masimore on May 22, 2014 at 7:43 pm Missed this event this year and too bad too because of the very high water levels. EJ, do you have any footage from the competition? Would love to see some moves on the waves below the train bridge on the waves that open up! Thanks! Gary Reply
