Thursday by Will Rainey

Each day at Keeners is jam packed with pure awesomeness so picking my favorite day of the week was no easy task. After some thought I have to crown Big Water Bacon Beatdown Thursday as the winner. The day starts with flatwater time to earn your beatdown certification. To get certified you have to roll your kayak while pulling off every excuse in the book for why someone might miss a roll. For example you’ll pop your backband, pull your knees out of the thigh braces, and then still roll back up. If you can do this you are officially beatdown certified. Next it is time to take a swim through McCoy’s Rapid. This part is pure fun. Swim to the middle, let the current take you, and enjoy the ride through big waves and holes. After that the real beatdowns begin. We drop into Phil’s, a wild and rowdy surf where tumbles are almost guaranteed. After an adrenaline filled morning at McCoy’s we get lunch and then jump into even more epic activities. The legendary ferry of and kick flip of destiny, the meltdown, and if you are feeling brave, the hole at center slot are a few things that keep the day going strong. In the end Big Water Bacon Beatdown Thursday is truly awesome.