Published on June 27th, 2024 | by Kayak Session
Practice Your Aim (Entry #6 Beaters For All 2024)
Beaters For All 2024 entry no.6 comes from Marco Schlink floating down the wrong line of choice and paying for it. Luckily safety had an eagle eye!
« After the scout it was clear that you don’t want to drive into river right, leading into a stopper in the middle of the slide. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what happened to me… Luckily, the safety was set at the end of the slide standing there from the group in front and was able to rescue me from the final stopper with a precise throw with the throw bag! »
By: Marco Schlink
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Disclaimer: Originally, we created the Beater For All Video Contest with fun beaters in mind (kayakers getting worked and swimming out of it (or not…) with a smile. However, we have been receiving more and more videos showing scary & sketchy situations, some being real close calls. This created a debate among us, enriched by comments from viewers: should we or should we not show those videos? By encouraging and magnifying carnage and beatering, do we promote it? Do viewers forget the dangers of kayaking? We think otherwise. We came to the conclusion that those videos can be educative and show how dangerous the sport of whitewater kayaking can be, and how nasty and quickly can a situation turn from funny to bad. By showing those videos, we firmly believe that these can create discussions and a space for exchange about what could/should have been done to avoid such situations, which will ultimately lead to increases in safety and river knowledge. Note, we never show videos in which people would get hurt badly, or even worse, showing fatal accidents. Last but least, the videos are submitted by their authors, most time the « victims » themselves. NB, We do not poach videos.
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