'Falls' break arrived today, as I had a day off from school. What else to do, but go boating, continuing my week plus streak of consecutive days on the river. It shaped up to be a gorgeous afternoon. After boating the falls suprisingly low after Friday's rainstorms, the level began to spike back up in the middle of the night. Ian and I paddled down and I was suprised to find more water than I thought, not high by any means, but seemingly so given the usual drought like conditions of the past two months. The level was probably hovering somewhere between 2.56 and 2.58, on the low side for the right side of Pummel, but still good to go. I fired up both lines a few times down Pummel. My first run down the right side was a bit lame. I did not put enough stroke into the boof and kind of teetered off the edge. A fine line, but not enough soul. I headed for the 'Notch' the second time around and did a complete meltdown, subbed out, and popped up right side up. I was sure to drive hard toward river left today, because the last time I ran the 'Notch' around 2.56 I hit the flake in the middle twice losing all my momentum before the twenty foot plunge. This time around I drove a bit too far left, and had a hard time taking a leftie boof stroke because I was pressed tight against the river left wall. It felt more comfortable drive with left angle, but next time I think I might try taking a right boof stroke instead. My next line down the 'Notch' was better, I was able to sneak a solid leftie in, but this time put a bit too much into it, and landed a bit too sideways at the base, flipped, rolled and was out into the eddy in a jiff. I was definitely pumped by this line.
Ian took a few good lines off the right side of Pummel. I turned around at one point to see him hurtling through space, flipping upside down in mid air and landing on his head. He hit a little 'f.u.' rock on his way down throwing him off line. Ian was proved his affinity for the 'meltdown' move off the river right side through the crease several more times.
We made our way through four full laps, with one extra run off Pummel each. The sunlight was perfect, and we took advantage by shooting a little video and taking a few good photos. It's always fun to find new perspectives of the same drop. I am going to try and sneak as many days as possible boating the falls before we head down to the Green in two weeks.
'Falls' break arrived today, as I had a day off from school. What else to do, but go boating, continuing my week plus streak of consecutive days on the river. It shaped up to be a gorgeous afternoon. After boating the falls suprisingly low after Friday's rainstorms, the level began to spike back up in the middle of the night. Ian and I paddled down and I was suprised to find more water than I thought, not high by any means, but seemingly so given the usual drought like conditions of the past two months. The level was probably hovering somewhere between 2.56 and 2.58, on the low side for the right side of Pummel, but still good to go. I fired up both lines a few times down Pummel. My first run down the right side was a bit lame. I did not put enough stroke into the boof and kind of teetered off the edge. A fine line, but not enough soul. I headed for the 'Notch' the second time around and did a complete meltdown, subbed out, and popped up right side up. I was sure to drive hard toward river left today, because the last time I ran the 'Notch' around 2.56 I hit the flake in the middle twice losing all my momentum before the twenty foot plunge. This time around I drove a bit too far left, and had a hard time taking a leftie boof stroke because I was pressed tight against the river left wall. It felt more comfortable drive with left angle, but next time I think I might try taking a right boof stroke instead. My next line down the 'Notch' was better, I was able to sneak a solid leftie in, but this time put a bit too much into it, and landed a bit too sideways at the base, flipped, rolled and was out into the eddy in a jiff. I was definitely pumped by this line. 
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