Absolutely sick- Evan Garcia on Royal Flush

[mokelumnekid]

Evan Garcia styles the Royal flush

[Cross Country]

I am blown away. It's the most incredible thing I've ever seen. Before today I would have thought this to be virtually impossible. I only inject the word "virtually" because I just saw it "for real". Wow!!

[maverick]

Very cool MK! Sent it to my brother in law who is really into this too. Had seen a video
he showed me a few years back with similar drop offs, but with the cameras on the
helmet it gives the viewers a third dimension to the whole experience. Thanks

[mokelumnekid]

Thanks guys. There is an absolute revolution in Sierra sport taking place right under our noses, and it is in the white water realm. Most everyone (99.9%?) who travel the mountains are unaware of it, but like the "Second Wave" of big wall climbers out of Camp 4 in the late '60's-early to mid '70's, the current wave of extreme kayakers doing mind-blowing, ever more difficult runs that are simply beyond what people could imagine a decade ago, maybe even five years ago, are creating a legacy that is impacting the world. People like Evan Garcia, Darin McQuoid, Chris Korbulic, Ben Stookesberry and the so-called Shasta Boys are showcasing the amazing and world class Sierra canyons as places to set new standards, just as Yosemite did back in the day.

I am an absolute hack at kayaking, but I have learned enough to marvel at what these people have done to utterly blow away old standards. Plus I love the scenery

[ERIC]

Thanks guys. There is an absolute revolution in Sierra sport taking place right under our noses, and it is in the white water realm. Most everyone (99.9%?) who travel the mountains are unaware of it, but like the "Second Wave" of big wall climbers out of Camp 4 in the late '60's-early to mid '70's, the current wave of extreme kayakers doing mind-blowing, ever more difficult runs that are simply beyond what people could imagine a decade ago, maybe even five years ago, are creating a legacy that is impacting the world. People like Evan Garcia, Darin McQuoid, Chris Korbulic, Ben Stookesberry and the so-called Shasta Boys are showcasing the amazing and world class Sierra canyons as places to set new standards, just as Yosemite did back in the day.

I am an absolute hack at kayaking, but I have learned enough to marvel at what these people have done to utterly blow away old standards. Plus I love the scenery

Keep posting the awesomeness!
My colleagues still talk about the Kings River videos I shared with them a while back as a result of your post here.

[Mradford]

Craziest video ever! Those guys are maniacs, just doing gainers while the guy goes over the waterfall.

[ryboards]

That was crazy.

[Cross Country]

To me, this is the best of the extreme sports because for one thing it requires a tremendous amount of skill, maybe the most.

[mokelumnekid]

It is somewhat like the extreme skiing we see these days, very committing. I have only been kayaking a few years, but I enjoy it a lot more than I did rock climbing. Kayaking is a lot like many of these high-end sports, seems like one has to have started young to develop the skill-set for the really advanced stuff.