Playboating Whitewater kayaking

playboater performing aerial loop @ reno whitewater festival.

playboating, known freestyle or rodeo, more gymnastic , artistic kind of kayaking. while other varieties of kayaking involve going point point b, playboaters stay in 1 spot in river (usually in hole, pourover or on wave) work , against dynamic forces of river perform variety of maneuvers. these can include surfing, spinning, , various vertical moves (cartwheels, loops, blunts, pistol , donkey flips, , many others), spinning boat on possible axes of rotation. more recently, aerial moves have become accessible, paddlers perform tricks having gained air using speed , bounce of wave. kayaks used playboating have relatively low volume in bow , stern, allowing paddler submerge ends of kayak relative ease. competitions playboating or freestyle called whitewater rodeo in us, more referred freestyle events in uk , europe. famous playboaters eric jackson, stephen wright, peter czonka, , james bebbington.