AKnarrowback
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I was running full throttle down river hugging the right hand bank. Just after I passed a Beaver lodge I had to pull a quick right hand turn but had the XP hook up and rip out from under me, it reacted in a way it has NEVER done before. I was only 15 feet off the bank and the last thing I saw was going into the bank at a 30 degree angle straight at a group of stumps and logs left by the Beaver. I was going back first at the logs thinking "I'm too close and fast to not hit these things". I hit hard but it wasn't a stick jab. I had stopped fast and stood up with leaves flying all over the place and my XP about 40 feet down stream with a bunch of leaves and sticks falling off it.
The canoers who saw it all happen said I went skipping and the XP got a little ahead of me, glanced off the bank and went between me and stumps just as I slammed into the DOO. Full body slam. The XP took some gelcoat damage on the nose, below the water line and my hood has cracks with wood wedged in them but it came out in running condition. I feel like I got run over by a bus but am happy to swim away from it.
The one day I rode without a helmet to...
I'm going to be feeling this one tomorrow. Tylenol for me, some TLC for my ride and we'll be back on the river.