Watch me almost drown on the Ottawa River - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Jim Sammons LJKF · 07-30-2010, 07:54 AM

This was during the first year of shooting for Game On and our show. Scariest moment of my life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JvypwS-IkA

steveooo · 07-30-2010, 08:03 AM

Too much ass crack

That was pretty gnarly

Fiskadoro · 07-30-2010, 09:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim Sammons LJKF

This was during the first year of shooting for Game On and our show. Scariest moment of my life.

Ouch!!

Watch the holes.

It's tempting to just float through it, but just like surf launching you want to keep your momentum up to push through those things.

Actually looks kind of fun though

Jim

sandydiego · 07-30-2010, 09:36 AM

The hold down looked like it had you for ever. Wicked. Makes getting rolled in big surf not look so bad.

Jim Sammons LJKF · 07-30-2010, 09:55 AM

Would of helped a ton if I had thigh straps on the kayak. When you watch it you can see the kayak just kind of stops and I shoot off of it. We have run a lot of WW since this and always with the thigh straps. This just happened to be the first WW of the trip and also the heaviest. My inexperience showed. Ken, who happens to be a former world champion freestyle kayaker, makes it look so easy. He has run this rapid thousands of times, it is in his back yard, and told me I could run this place hundreds of times and 99.9% of the time if you dump you will just float down river. I was the lucky .1% that had to get stuck.
To add insult to injury, three rafts got dumped right before I went down. All of them filled with college age girls, they were all standing on the bank right behind me as I bared my ass.

I have gained a ton of respect for the whitewater since then and have learned a lot. Having done three more WW trips since this one.

Jimmyz123 · 07-30-2010, 03:58 PM

Dude that's too funny about the B.A. showing to the girls. Lessons learned for the next times. Great video.

Siebler · 07-30-2010, 04:10 PM

I have waited SO long to see that footage.

Glad your still with us Jim

07-30-2010, 07:54 AM	#1
Jim Sammons LJKF Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: San Diego CA Posts: 947	Watch me almost drown on the Ottawa River This was during the first year of shooting for Game On and our show. Scariest moment of my life. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JvypwS-IkA __________________ Jim Sammons La Jolla Kayak Fishing The Kayak Fishing Show JimSammons.com

07-30-2010, 09:55 AM	#5
Jim Sammons LJKF Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: San Diego CA Posts: 947	Would of helped a ton if I had thigh straps on the kayak. When you watch it you can see the kayak just kind of stops and I shoot off of it. We have run a lot of WW since this and always with the thigh straps. This just happened to be the first WW of the trip and also the heaviest. My inexperience showed. Ken, who happens to be a former world champion freestyle kayaker, makes it look so easy. He has run this rapid thousands of times, it is in his back yard, and told me I could run this place hundreds of times and 99.9% of the time if you dump you will just float down river. I was the lucky .1% that had to get stuck. To add insult to injury, three rafts got dumped right before I went down. All of them filled with college age girls, they were all standing on the bank right behind me as I bared my ass. I have gained a ton of respect for the whitewater since then and have learned a lot. Having done three more WW trips since this one. __________________ Jim Sammons La Jolla Kayak Fishing The Kayak Fishing Show JimSammons.com

07-30-2010, 04:10 PM	#7
Siebler Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Richland Oregon Posts: 1,547	I have waited SO long to see that footage. Glad your still with us Jim __________________ CJ Siebler

07-30-2010, 08:03 AM	#2
steveooo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,921	Too much ass crack That was pretty gnarly

07-30-2010, 09:36 AM	#4
sandydiego Rum Pirate Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Wilds of Mira Mesa Posts: 388	The hold down looked like it had you for ever. Wicked. Makes getting rolled in big surf not look so bad.

07-30-2010, 03:58 PM	#6
Jimmyz123 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,385	Dude that's too funny about the B.A. showing to the girls. Lessons learned for the next times. Great video.