The Odyssey by Charlie Woodward

Like the name suggests, initiation was the very first rapid we got to play in during keeners session 1 2026. We got to run down it and play in the features at the bottom of the rapid. One of those features named Odyssey gave us fresh keeners a glimpse into the many violent beatdowns they had in store. Odyssey isn’t an incredibly violent feature, it’s great for all types of tricks like cartwheels and spins but will retain you for one or two tumbles. I personally have face surfed this feature a number of times. When the water level goes down initiation gets really shallow and kind of scary. Of you don’t eddy out before odyssey you will be getting back endered and beat. If this happens to you expect a headshot to come along with it. We’ve also done races down initiation which always turn out to be a ton of fun.