4 strokes under my personal best!

Does anyone have a rag?

  • BoofStroke@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    Wait until you get a load of whitewater kayaking lingo. Missed my boof stroke and my skirt imploded. Now I have to drink a bootie beer because I ate it in that nasty hole.

    • parody@lemmings.world
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      Is this accurate?

      I failed to execute a technique (boof stroke) that lifts the kayak’s bow over obstacles, and my spray skirt (the waterproof cover that seals the cockpit) failed and let water in. Now I have to drink a beer out of my water shoe (a paddling tradition/penalty when you flip over and have to exit your kayak) because I crashed badly in that dangerous hydraulic (a turbulent section of water that recirculates).

      • Boof stroke: A paddling technique to lift the front of the kayak
      • Skirt: The waterproof cover that keeps water out of the kayak
      • Bootie beer: A kayaking tradition where you drink a beer from your wet shoe after swimming
      • Hole: A hydraulic/recirculating current that can trap boats and paddlers