Hey everybody today we are going to discuss.?

Eddie's catching eddies getting out of bed is the primary focus will be getting into the eddies today.?

And this is a vital skill that helps you break the Rapids down from just one continual long stretch of chaos, sometimes into just very small, manageable pieces of a rapid itself.?

So to start off the bat, I'm gonna catch what we call a rock star Eddie, especially for a newcomer to this skill here, but I'm going to pick a very small boat while Eddie in the middle of the river there it is.?

I may just come in here and slam right into it, there you go, I'm in the Eddie, I am not moving, everything is under control.?

And then he will break it down, I got the approach angle.?

Then, looking at my speed coming in, don't want to go too fast or too slow, then I want to a downside stroke in an edge, the boat.?

And then grab that eddy with the paddle to the other side and put yourself right in.?

It's as simple as that and as hard as that.?

And what do you several more and i'll show you some tips and some things not to do as we make our way down the river here.?

Now before I get too far you have to know it in Eddie is, and that's anywhere where there is an obstruction or barrier there doesn't let the water flow downstream and what will happen is the water.?

Will flow around this object and then right behind the object will be a pocket of water that doesn't flow.?

And even some of these little Rapids you can see there's areas where the current is not as fast and those are moving eddies, but they're still ill at ease.?

And I am coming down through here, behind that big rock, there in my left there's company and Eddie behind any obstacle that sticks out the world will be indebted.?

Now there's kind of an empty pocket here, but there's mostly because of alleged poor over.?

So there's an active rapid happening, but I am still in the pocket of the forms, basically an eddy in the river you can see I am coming in another pocket about right here.?

And so there's a lot less water here and then I'm going to show you edging.?

Edging is lifting the boat edge towards the upstream side.?

So right now I'm lifting my left.?

Hip a little bit lift my left knee in the water and I'm letting the water pass under the boat.?

And I'm doing well surf in here just to kind of show you what edging is.?

No matter which side of the boat is upstream.?

You let the water pass under that by lifting that edge up.?

The lean forward.?

My boat goes into water.?

So you know, even leaning back, leaning forward if you're facing backwards whatever you have to do and this is just another very dangerous spot or one to point out all the water coming out of that law.?

Very little going over, that's a death trap, do not get near things like that go round them.?

And.?

Here I am coming through this rapid, not a lot of any potential here and this is what most Rapids have looked to you guys.?

Who don't know much about Eddie every rapid looks like this is just one big jambo of water coming down the river.?

And there's nothing to do but keep your nose pointed straight and keep going.?

And that's fine, a lot of people do that.?

But learning how to catch eddies is gonna open up a whole lot of river to you and a lot of possibilities, so I'm going to try to catch this one, my anglers coming in, I'm going to shoot right.?

To the right of that rock and about now off side stroke, leaned the boat left go.?

And keep that lean in this next area is kind of a next level from what i've been catching, if you're good and comfortable with catching some of those other words, take it up to something of about this caliber.?

And it will happen for you a lot faster because there's a lot more energy in the water, so if you do it right, it's going to work really good if you do it wrong, it's not.?

It's all about the timing stroke wing grab.?

In the Eddie.?

Nice and smooth.?

Now on this exit, I am just going to lean downstream and instead of paddling, I'm gonna put my pedal in there and act like a sail on the green waters, he called it two paddles on the water I hold that paddle there and catch current.?

And just hold it and it'll pull me into the current.?

There you go so it's not a solid stroke where you're moving your paddle sometimes.?

Keeping your paddle in the water and letting the current pull on it is just as or more effective.?

Now we're coming up on another Eddie.?

You guessed it, this one is a much less dynamic Eddie, so you can see there's much less.?

Effort in a lean there's not as much lean as a really well defined pocket.?

So the eddy itself is gonna determine.?

How dynamic your actions have to be.?

And you gotta match the energy of the water has so if it's a really hard any line, massive current hitting a big wall of dead moving water or water going in the other direction, which is called a hard Eddie.?

You're going to have to do all this much more pronounced in much faster but little eddies like this.?

Not so much.?

Just do the right technique and the right timing and your pop right into India.?

This one here is shallow on the entry.?

So you kind of have to wait and you can see it's just much less dynamic than some of the others i've been doing, but all the principles still apply.?

And catching to three eddies leading up to a little feature like this allows you to scout and here I am OK, I decide to go right there sitting in this pocket has allowed me to study the rapid.?

And I see the water is flowing out of that little waterfall right about where I was pointing so that's where I'm going to shoot for it.?

If you don't do these eddies, you're going to have to make a whole bunch of decisions really quickly, from the beginning to the end of any long stretch of Rapids.?

Being able to catch eddies.?

Is very important to help break down this decision, making process into something a lot more manageable.?

You can do them on the bank.?

You can do it anywhere, just find a rock, you see it, there's nettie.?

Waiting to be your friend, you go introduce yourself.?

Another consideration is your style of boat, and here I am in a play boat which is meant to serve and you know.?

Do tricks and stuff in waves.?

Make the most of the Rapids you have.?

Though it is also the most maneuverable kayak out there, this style of kayak so if you like a longer boat, a recreation boat, a fishing kayak, you really don't have the option to catch some of the edits, I'm catching the day and this vote.?

But you just need to look for bigger eddies and start practicing your skills.?

But if you're looking to take your kayaking up a level or two into what kind of water you can get into and i've seen this a lot of years, people get a boat and they realize how much fun the Rapids are, and then they try to get into a little bit more white water.?

In the wreck boat that just not a good pairing.?

You need a skirted boat with a lot of maneuverability and zero keel short length.?

And here you see me going gonna catch an eddy.?

You're probably wondering why I didn't catch any of those at East.?

So after a day of kitchen at ease, I go through rapid and didn't catch one.?

It seemed odd to you, I hope.?

When you look back up and see that massive Eddie pocket would've been an easy one to catch.?

But i'll catch this one instead.?

Same principle applies to all of them, just timing, speed, your angle.?

Off side stroke right when your nose gets to the edge of the eddy lean that boat.?

And then put that stroking there to grab the water in the eddy and you're in.?

So you should be able to see the ease in which I just maneuver the kayak in and around this river coming in and out of any feature I want in the area I want.?

Basically I can go anywhere on this river with this kayak.?

Without feeling out of control, that's the difference between a kayak made for whitewater in a kayak that's not made for white water.?

So if you're trying to get into some white water and you're having some difficulty, you flip a lot, you got this boat just doesn't want to.?

Agree with the situation and might not be all you, so don't get discouraged, you might need to step it up into a new boat, and I would not suggest Apple a boat to start, i'd go with the creek boat.?

And there was pointing to a better place to enter that area.?

But a white water boat is going to allow you to go to the next level in your kayak and safely.?

And efficiently, otherwise you're going to still have fun possibly.?

But you can be a lot more wet and you're gonna do a lot more swimming and you're gonna do a lot more draining your boat.?

And that was fun for a couple, little eddies.?

Got another little bit of white water coming up.?

But if you learn how to take this skill set and just kind of break up the rapid, you can not look at 200 yard stretch of Rapids, you can look at 15 yards here, 10 yards there.?

5 feet whatever it takes.?

And get down that a lot.?

A lot more control.?

So you saw it out there.?

How I.?

And I broke that ramp it up a feudal times, there's not a whole lot you can do with it, the more intense river becomes.?

And the more catalyze, the water is with rocks.?

You can catch a lot more and more pronounced at ease and kind of empty heart one to the other that's pretty much for the most part, continual flow, but there's always something to catch, if you'll practice, doing this is gonna make you a much, much better pattern.?

MS turn around and get some random.?

Here's a clip from a recent trip on the tellico but a 6 foot ledge.?

You'll and then you turn around and get your bearings, so my buddy cabinet, that little green boat is sitting in that eddy and that's where I'm going so you can see all the principals at play here.?

That's a much more dynamic, much more constricted river.?

When you compare it to something like this.?

But the principles still apply you practice on something like that, you be able to go to the next level.?

In this clip I was intending to follow Kevin off this 12 foot waterfall for some footage and expected him to go left.?

In any shoes to the right and down below, the normal place to be is left not right, so not knowing where he was.?

And what his state of being was under there didn't want to land on him, made a snap decision to get into that edit to the right last second.?

And that happened just speed above this waterfall.?

On a last minute decision and now I can go over in a safe manner so as you can see, it's a vital skill that you are going to need to have, so you may not be at a waterfall but you can still practice.?

Right there.?

Nothing to it.?

今天我們要討論的是捕捉旋渦的問(wèn)題，也就是說(shuō)，今天的主要焦點(diǎn)將是進(jìn)入旋渦。

這是一項(xiàng)至關(guān)重要的技能，可以幫助你將急流從一段持續(xù)的長(zhǎng)時(shí)間混亂中分解出來(lái)，有時(shí)甚至分解成非常小的、可控制的急流本身。

所以首先，我要抓住我們所說(shuō)的巖石洄水，特別是對(duì)于這個(gè)技能的新手來(lái)說(shuō)，但我要選擇一條非常小的船，而洄水就在河中央。

我可能會(huì)進(jìn)來(lái)直接撞上它，好了，我在洄水里，我不動(dòng)了，一切都在控制之中。

然后他會(huì)把它分解，我得到了接近角。

然后，看著我的速度來(lái)了，不想開(kāi)得太快或太慢，然后我想在一個(gè)邊緣向下劃水。

然后用另一邊的槳抓住那個(gè)漩渦，把自己放進(jìn)去。

就這么簡(jiǎn)單，就這么難。

我們還會(huì)再做幾件事，我會(huì)告訴你一些小貼士和一些不應(yīng)該做的事情，當(dāng)我們順流而下的時(shí)候。

現(xiàn)在，在我走得太遠(yuǎn)之前，你必須知道它是什么，那就是任何有障礙的地方。

或者不讓水流向下游的屏障，水會(huì)繞著這個(gè)物體流動(dòng)，然后物體的正后方就會(huì)有一個(gè)不流動(dòng)的水袋。

即使是一些小急流，你也可以看到有些地方的水流速度沒(méi)有那么快，這些都是移動(dòng)的旋渦，但它們?nèi)匀缓馨踩?/p>

我從這里下來(lái)，在那塊大石頭后面，在我的生命中，任何突出水面的障礙物后面都會(huì)有一個(gè)漩渦，它們會(huì)上癮。

現(xiàn)在這里有一個(gè)空水袋，主要是水流停止。

所以有一個(gè)快速發(fā)生的行為，但我仍然在一個(gè)口袋里，這個(gè)口袋基本上在河里形成了一個(gè)漩渦，你可以看到我正在進(jìn)入另一個(gè)口袋，就在這里。

所以這里的水少了很多，然后我將向你們展示邊緣，邊緣是將船的邊緣抬向上游。

所以現(xiàn)在我把左手舉起來(lái)。

把我的左膝抬入水中，我就會(huì)讓水從船底流過(guò)。

我在這里玩得很好，只是想讓你看看什么是邊緣。

無(wú)論船的哪一邊是逆流而上。

你把那條邊抬起來(lái)，讓水從那下面流過(guò)去。

身體前傾。

我的船下水了。

所以你知道，即使是向后傾斜，如果你是向后傾斜，也要向前傾斜。

無(wú)論你要做什么，這只是另一個(gè)非常危險(xiǎn)的地方，或者是指出所有來(lái)自該定律的水的地方。

一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)過(guò)去，那就是死亡陷阱，不要靠近那些繞過(guò)它們的東西。

而且。

我正在經(jīng)歷這樣的急流，這里沒(méi)有太多的潛力，這就是大多數(shù)急流對(duì)你們的期望。

誰(shuí)不太了解洄水呢？每次急流看起來(lái)都像是順流而下的一大灘水。

別無(wú)他法，只能挺直你的船頭，繼續(xù)前進(jìn)。

這沒(méi)關(guān)系，很多人都這么做。

但是學(xué)會(huì)了如何捕捉它，它就會(huì)向你打開(kāi)一大片河流，有很多可能性，所以我會(huì)試著捕捉這條河流，我會(huì)進(jìn)來(lái)，我會(huì)向右擊。

在那塊巖石的右邊，也就是現(xiàn)在，沖水的時(shí)候，船向左走。

在下一個(gè)中保持這種精益比我一直捕捉到的要高一個(gè)層次，如果你對(duì)捕捉到其他一些感到滿意，那就把它提升到這個(gè)水平。

這對(duì)你來(lái)說(shuō)會(huì)發(fā)生得更快，因?yàn)樗杏懈嗟哪芰?，所以如果你做?duì)了，如果你做錯(cuò)了，效果會(huì)很好，但事實(shí)并非如此。

這一切都是關(guān)于計(jì)時(shí)劃水的抓取。

在洄水里。

又漂亮又光滑。

把你的槳留在水里，讓水流拉著它，效果一樣好，甚至更好。

現(xiàn)在我們來(lái)看另一個(gè)洄水，你猜對(duì)了，這個(gè)是一個(gè)不那么有活力的洄水，所以正如你所看到的，它的活力要少得多。

精益的努力沒(méi)有一個(gè)輪廓分明的口袋那么精益。

所以渦流本身將決定你的行動(dòng)有多大的活力，你必須與水屋的能量相匹配，所以如果在任何一條線上都不是很難，巨大的水流就會(huì)撞到巨大的墻。

死氣沉沉的水或流向另一個(gè)方向的水，這被稱為硬洄水。

你將不得不做所有這些更明顯、更快，但像這樣的小漩渦。

沒(méi)那么多。

只要使用正確的技術(shù)和正確的時(shí)機(jī)，你就能直接進(jìn)入印度。

這里的這個(gè)傷情淺薄。

C需要等待，你可以看到它的活力遠(yuǎn)不如我一直在做的其他一些事情，但所有的原則仍然適用。

抓住三個(gè)漩渦，形成這樣一個(gè)小特征，你就可以偵察了，我沒(méi)事了，我決定坐在他的口袋里，他允許我研究快速。

我看到水正從那個(gè)小瀑布流出，就在我所指的地方，所以我就在那里拍攝。

如果你不做這些漩渦，你將不得不非常迅速地做出一大堆決定，從任何一段漫長(zhǎng)的急流開(kāi)始到結(jié)束。

能夠捕捉旋渦。

幫助分解這個(gè)決定非常重要，使過(guò)程變得更容易管理。

你可以在銀行里做這些事。

你可以做很多工作，只要找到一塊石頭，你就能看到它，那就是洄水。

等著成為你的朋友，你去自我介紹一下。

另一個(gè)需要考慮的是你的船的風(fēng)格，我現(xiàn)在坐在一艘游戲船上，你知道的。

在波浪中做一些技巧和東西，充分利用你所擁有的斜坡。

雖然它也是世界上最容易操縱的皮艇，但如果你坐的是一艘更長(zhǎng)的船，一艘休閑船，一艘釣魚皮艇，你真的沒(méi)有機(jī)會(huì)趕上我今天在這本書中看到的一些洄水。

但你只需要尋找更大的漩渦，并開(kāi)始練習(xí)你的技能。

但如果你想把皮劃艇提升一兩個(gè)級(jí)別，進(jìn)入你能進(jìn)入的什么樣的水域，我已經(jīng)看到很多年了，人們得到了一艘船，他們意識(shí)到急流是多么有趣，然后他們?cè)噲D進(jìn)入更多的白水。

在沉船上，這不是一個(gè)很好的組合。

你需要一艘機(jī)動(dòng)性強(qiáng)、長(zhǎng)度短的無(wú)龍骨的有裙船。

然后你看到我要去抓一個(gè)小漩渦。

你可能想知道為什么我沒(méi)有趕上這些研究，所以在吃了一天之后，我快速瀏覽了一下，沒(méi)有趕上。

我希望你覺(jué)得這很奇怪。

當(dāng)你抬頭看到這么大的口袋時(shí)，任何一個(gè)口袋都很容易被抓住。

但我還是要抓住這個(gè)。

同樣的原則也適用于所有這些，只是時(shí)間、速度和角度。

當(dāng)你的鼻子到達(dá)渦流邊緣時(shí)，你就會(huì)傾斜那艘船。

然后在那里撫摸，抓住漩渦中的水，你就進(jìn)去了。

這艘皮劃艇在這條河里進(jìn)進(jìn)出出，在我想要的地方，基本上我可以帶著他的皮劃艇去這條河上的任何地方。

沒(méi)有失控的感覺(jué)，這就是為白水而造的皮艇和不為白水而造的皮艇的區(qū)別。

所以，如果你試圖進(jìn)入一些白水水域，但你遇到了一些困難，你經(jīng)常翻轉(zhuǎn)，你遇到了這艘船，只是不想同意這種情況，這可能不是你所說(shuō)的全部，不要?dú)怵H，你可能會(huì)。

可能需要把它加到一艘新的船上，我不建議開(kāi)始玩游戲船，我會(huì)選擇小溪船。

箭頭指向一個(gè)更好的地方進(jìn)入那個(gè)洄水。

但是一艘白水船可以讓你安全地在皮劃艇上更上一層樓。

而且效率很高，否則你可能仍然會(huì)玩得很開(kāi)心。

但是你可能會(huì)更濕，你會(huì)做更多的游泳，你會(huì)做更多的排干你的船。

這對(duì)幾個(gè)小漩渦來(lái)說(shuō)很有趣。

又有一點(diǎn)白水涌上來(lái)了。

你能用它做什么，河水變得越?jīng)坝?，水就越能被巖石包圍。

你可以捕捉到越來(lái)越明顯的放松和空虛的心，這在很大程度上是持續(xù)的流動(dòng)，但如果你這樣做的練習(xí)能讓你成為一個(gè)更好的模式，總會(huì)有一些東西可以捕捉到。

MS轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)身來(lái)，隨機(jī)找了一些。

這是最近一次在泰利科號(hào)上旅行的片段，但它有一個(gè)6英尺高的壁架。

你會(huì)轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)身來(lái)，確定你的方向，所以我的朋友凱文在那艘綠色的小船上坐在那個(gè)漩渦里，這就是我要去的地方，這樣你就可以看到所有的校長(zhǎng)都在這里發(fā)揮作用。

這是一條更有活力、更狹窄的河流。

當(dāng)你把它和這樣的東西進(jìn)行比較時(shí)。

但這些原則仍然適用，你可以在這樣的事情上練習(xí)，你可以更上一層樓。

在這段視頻中，我打算跟隨凱文從12號(hào)瀑布下來(lái)拍攝一些鏡頭，并希望他向左走。

在任何向右和向下的嫩芽中，正常的位置都是左邊。

不對(duì)，所以不知道他在哪里。

他當(dāng)時(shí)的狀態(tài)不想影響到他，所以他在最后一秒做出了一個(gè)倉(cāng)促的決定，進(jìn)入了右邊的那個(gè)剪輯。

它恰好飛過(guò)了這個(gè)瀑布。

在最后一刻做出決定，現(xiàn)在我可以安全地過(guò)去了。

正如你所看到的，這是你需要具備的一項(xiàng)至關(guān)重要的技能，所以你可能不會(huì)像瀑布一樣，但你仍然可以練習(xí)。

就在那里。

沒(méi)什么大不了的。