I am excited about this video so I want to share it with everyone. I was leading a Grand Canyon backpacking tour back in October and we were camping at Hermit Rapids, along the Colorado River, when a private river trip came down river towards the rapids. We saw the guy in the video enter the rapids the first time head first just like anyone else but just before the big waves, he turned his kayak around and ran the rest of the rapids backwards!
We weren’t sure if it was a mistake so when we saw him walking upstream to run the rapids again we asked him about it. He was hitting the waves backwards on purpose. The goal is to hit the top of the wave and paddle like hell so you can ride it as long as you can. This guy ran Hermit Rapids backwards three times. What I have on tape is his second run.
The link below is to where I have the video posted on Youtube. We finally have a Just Roughin It Channel and I’ll be posting videos there in the upcoming weeks. Enjoy.
