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The
first section, "Black Chute", is named for the huge black tongue which
forms
the initial drop and accelerates you like a catapult into what appears to be
a
very trashy hole. Staying on the right side of the tongue allows you to tuck
in
behind the foam pile of the hole and eddy out on river left behind the
whale-shaped rock which forms it; the massive Moby Dick. Following the eddy
all
the way up to the top, you can drop down onto the tongue again and ride it down
until you are stopped by the foam pile of the hole (actually a big, breaking
wave).
You are now on what is possibly the fastest wave on the river - The Garburator,
aka Space Shuttle. Surfing this sucker in a displacement squirt is not
recommended - you really need to either plane effectively immediately, or your
boat must possess a lot of bow rocker to avoid pearling. An inadvertent sub-out
here places a squirt boater in a considerable amount of danger, as a very large
rock resides on the river bottom downstream a short way. A pin here can fold
a
boat and break legs faster than you can say "snap, crackle, pop",
and is to be
avoided at all costs. That said, however, a ride on this wave is an exhilaration
matched by few others.
Should you choose not to test the fates in The Garburator, the wave train
which
follows it is a playground unto itself for competent squirtists. Each wave
is in
the 5-6' range, and can offer up some dizzying cartwheel and screw sequences.
Be
aware of where you are, though - it pays to stay close to the right shore
as you
wheel your way down to the second section of The Lorne: Waikiki Waves. |