A large group turned up, one of the biggest groups I've paddled with in a while.
There were plenty of weirs for playing on all the way down the river, with a really good one, about halfway down providing a huge party wave potential. We spent a long time there, practising cartwheels and roundhouses. I even pulled off a few hashed back-stabs too.
We started messing around getting rafted groups to surf the weir, which was great for building confidence in a few of the more nervous paddlers in the group.
I then made a silly decision to start ramming a local coach who had joined us, pushing him clear of the wave. This was all fun and games until he decided to pull my deck and tip me whilst we were both on the wave. I got his deck pulled, but he had backup to keep him upright, and i sank off whilst he only had a few inches of water in his boat. The water wasn't too chilly, and quite enjoyed the impromptu squirt session.
At the end of the run there was steep slide weir which provided very nice, big retentive wave at the bottom. This was great, if only a bit shallow. After cracking his hand a few times Niall gave up the c1, letting me get back in it. Was very pleased managing a few shuvits and flat spins in it considering this wave had a nasty habit of turning you to your offside and not let you turn back too easily.
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