I ran Canyon Creek at pretty low flow. It was kind of scrape-y, and my lack of skill in water reading led to many rock interactions. I think my boating style is defined by scraping on every rock I can in low water situations. But it wasn't a total fail, I had a pretty good line a Kahuna, though I was caught leaning back again. That rapid gets easier every time as I am again reminded how important landmarks are to having a good line. The boil line sends you right down the flake at perfect angle every time, without that marker, your pretty much going off blind, which doesn't usually end well.
Boaters with a slalom background fascinate me. There skills are so solid, their strokes so efficient, and their lines so un-rocky. They almost always manage to find the deep water and carry ridiculous speed. Their posture is perfect, and they never look like they are working that hard. I think boating with guys like that is going to make me a lot better as many of their strengths are areas where I don't feel quite as strong.
I was able to do a little more river reading and decision making on this run as Toby's was pretty low water, and most of the guys wanted to fire up the right line or some weird middle right line that wasn't very good. I ended up running the sneak which was pretty scrape-y at this level, and I ended up not having enough right angle and slightly pitoned a rock, not fun, but I feel like I am learning a lot about scouting by no following so much.
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