Lochsa River May 2012

Machias · Post by **Machias** » Sun Jan 06, 2013 7:50 pm

My wife and I usually go to the Lochsa River Madness on the Lochsa River in Idaho every Memorial Day. Here's a few photos.

Machias · Post by **Machias** » Sun Jan 06, 2013 7:51 pm

This girl slammed into the rollback wave like she hit a brick wall, literally sat there surfing and then tried to power thru, rolled upside down and was spit out down stream. She was under so long she had to pop the seal and push out of the boat!

Machias · Post by **Machias** » Sun Jan 06, 2013 7:51 pm

Machias · Post by **Machias** » Sun Jan 06, 2013 7:52 pm

These two guys went over the falls backwards

:)

Machias · Post by **Machias** » Sun Jan 06, 2013 7:52 pm

These guys amaze me

Machias · Post by **Machias** » Sun Jan 06, 2013 7:57 pm

Wrong angle of entry!!

Machias · Post by **Machias** » Sun Jan 06, 2013 7:58 pm

Machias · Post by **Machias** » Sun Jan 06, 2013 7:59 pm

Carnage!!!!

Machias · Post by **Machias** » Sun Jan 06, 2013 8:00 pm

More carnage!! Yehaww

paddle_luke · Post by **paddle_luke** » Sun Jan 06, 2013 10:09 pm

great shots...This stretch was where I first tried my hand at whitewater kayaking (granted it was late march, all boney, with snow along the banks); and the falls were here I had my final swim to send me walking up to the roadside for the day. One beautiful stretch of water, and an amazing piece of country. I'd love to see it when it is running spring/summer strength as you have it here. thanks for sharing

Mango · Post by **Mango** » Mon Jan 14, 2013 2:35 pm

Thanks for posting pictures of "real" paddlers!

Machias · Post by **Machias** » Mon Jan 14, 2013 5:37 pm

Don't you mean real swimmers.

tolyho · Post by **tolyho** » Mon Jan 14, 2013 9:13 pm

I have to agree with Mango on this; oar rig shredders are so superior in the paddling world they don't even need their captain to play in the stickiest of holes. Even though he didn't have to prove it there was a great demonstration at Koontz Flume last year. We were in awe

Mango · Post by **Mango** » Mon Jan 14, 2013 10:50 pm

tolyho wrote:Even though he didn't have to prove it there was a great demonstration at Koontz Flume last year. We were in awe

And yet I did! Ha!!

bwalsh · Post by **bwalsh** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 3:04 pm

Great photo Machias! I never got to do the Lochsa River when I was in Idaho. One of these years...

tolyho wrote: oar rig shredders

Sorry, and I'm not singling you out but this is a pet peeve of mine.

Those are catarafts, not Shredders. The pic of the two guys going backwards is a shredder. You can get an oar rig frame for a Shredder but I didn't see any in the pics so I'm assuming you were referring to the Catarafts.

The name Shredder gets used by many folks, some on this forum, going around calling anything that looks remotely like them a "shredder". It's like calling a Huffy Mtn. bike a Specialized Mtn. bike or worse, calling a Coleman canoe a Bell Ocoee...and nobody wants that now do they?

But you do have it right when you said...

tolyho wrote:shredders are so superior in the paddling world

PS: I own a Shredder. The real deal. 13 years old and still going strong!