So you may get into some holes in your whitewater career and getting out of them and staying calm is very essential to be successful at kayaking. So one day you will be paddling down the river and be super confident on any rapid and then you will go down the rapid you’ve been down a thousand times and get stuck in the hole you’ve never been in. Then you will flip, roll up and be in a side surf. Then you are going to assess the situation, look at the shoulders of the hole and where the backwashes are. You wanna keep that edge up so you don’t window shade and hit your head. You will then see the shoulder, paddle very hard to get to it and bounce a bit, then you will maybe get there and flush which is the best case scenario. Worst case you window shade then hopefully flush once your upside down but most case you will swim then you will go deep and then pop up. That is how to escape a scary hole.
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