WARNING, only strong swimmers will enjoy River Boarding, the force of the water can be totally overwhelming. River Boarding is a niche watersport that can only be done safely in certain sections of deep, white water. It's not safe to do River Boarding in shallow rivers with many rocky obstacles. The location of this video is near Queenstown on the south Island of New Zealand. You need a river guide, boogie board, life jacket, full body wetsuit, helmet and flippers.
Our group consisted of about 10 people, including our 2 guides. At 6:11 you will see the "point of no return," at this spot the guides pull everybody over to warn them that, "if you want to bail out, now is your last chance." Two members of our group bailed out here and gave up; do not underestimate this sport, you can be sucked underwater by whirlpools and you will have some very tired muscles very quickly:) At 1:04 you'll notice I stopping moving and I'm spinning a bit; this is a mini whirlpool. One other member of our group was fully sucked underwater.
There is only one company that is qualified to guide you down this river, they are extremely capable and fit and they have never had a fatality. The guides are basically whitewater life guards and are exceptional swimmers.
TIME STAMPS
0:21 swimming out of the first eddy
1:04 the camera man in a mini-whirlpool
6:11 the point of no return
10:04 the roughest waves section
22:56 cliff jump diving
24:20 the cameraman jumps off the cliff
We have many more videos coming!
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