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Re:  Wondering about the USNWC? Feedback from a newbie (long). prd New
Date: Jun 27 2007, 15:28 GMT
From: Senamar
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* Also for that tentative significant other, the bar & restaurant has wi-fi. I believe it was free. So you can get in the water and play a few hours while he/she is relaxing in their own way. The bar's patio overlooks the competition channel.
* There are no strainers, no undercuts, so that perhaps takes away a little of the realism perhaps but it is an awesome place for a beginner to get upside down and know your not about to meet the unexpected.
* The eddies terrified me the first couple of minutes but after one or two runs you learn to work with them.
My skill set: I went to USNWC with only 3 combat rolls to my name. I'd done Nanty 5 times, Tellico Ledges and LRC Chairlift both only once at low flows and still hadn't done the Ocoee.
The USNWC kicked my butt. I swam my first time out when an eddy re-circulated me sideways into the hole above M-Wave. The water was much pushier than I had previously experienced. I got back in and started a long weekend of fun! I came home with 30+ more rolls under my belt and a heck of a lot better kayaker. I had only one other swim and that weekend and it was after three successful rolls on my way down the course.
That trip was in March and to the best I can recall, I haven't swam since. *Knock on wood* We're all between rolls right?
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