Articles: Skills
I recently had my first swim in nearly 15 months. My last swim was on the Middle Fork of the Salmon at high water. My most recent swim was much less exciting.
 

It Must Be the Boat
Here you've been paddling all summer in your play boat: making the moves, acing the ferries, looking like a rock star. You can paddle just about anything in your play boat.   And then comes a day when you want to get off Class III-IV rivers, maybe run some creeks, catch some gnarr--just like the big guns in the videos.  Of course, if the videos are any clue- the big guns use creek boats. So you decide it is time for a river runner and /or a creek boat. Think you can control it the same way as a play boat?