Why you should get beatdown- By Magnus Kron

Beatdowns are some of the most memorable parts of Keeners. The best beatdowns get talked about for the entire session, but beatdowns serve a much bigger purpose than cool videos and red ribbons. Beatdowns can teach some of the best lessons at keeners and can help you become a much better paddler. Getting beatdown teaches you how to deal with getting worked and how to get out of big, sticky holes. It also helps teach you to deal with stress and being scared. Getting beatdown gives you a way to push yourself past your limits in a good environment that doesn’t carry that many consequences. All of these things are super important to becoming a better paddler. The skills learned surfing phil’s and the other features on the river can be used on any river and are just good skills to have as a paddler. Scaring yourself is the best way to get better and if you scare yourself in a big hole like phil’s, other features on rivers probably won’t seem as scary or big. All of these things are great reasons to get beatdown, but in the end, the best reason to get beat down is because it’s probably the funnest thing you’ll do at keeners.