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Yak Mafia
United States
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 24 เม.ย. 2023
Hey, I'm Chris, and I started YakMafia and this channel in hopes of inspiring more people and families to kayak, go camp, and even kayak camping, and to just enjoy the great outdoors.
In 2016, I had a life changing event that left me disabled and impacted my life forever. Being disabled and overcoming life's obstacles can be difficult and stressful, keeping you depressed and full of anxiety. I found kayaking, camping, and just getting outside and enjoying the beauty of Mother Nature has to offer has been incredibly healing.
I have rediscovered myself and found myself more positive about life. I'm learning new skills, and also meeting some really amazing people on the way.
So join me on my adventures as I journey life and learn whitewater skills, spend time hammock camping, and travel to some of the most beautiful creeks, rivers, and lakes this amazing world has to offer.
In 2016, I had a life changing event that left me disabled and impacted my life forever. Being disabled and overcoming life's obstacles can be difficult and stressful, keeping you depressed and full of anxiety. I found kayaking, camping, and just getting outside and enjoying the beauty of Mother Nature has to offer has been incredibly healing.
I have rediscovered myself and found myself more positive about life. I'm learning new skills, and also meeting some really amazing people on the way.
So join me on my adventures as I journey life and learn whitewater skills, spend time hammock camping, and travel to some of the most beautiful creeks, rivers, and lakes this amazing world has to offer.
The Hiwassee River // (PFD)
I finally got a chance to run the Hiwassee, such a beautiful Scenic River, with clear water and beautiful mountains all around.
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I Double Duckied the Ocoee River‼️
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The guys at Ocoee Whatersports and I had a fun run on the Ocoee River as Alex and I double duckie and have a blast showing me the different line's to run.
Elk River // Tim's Ford Dam to Farris Bridge
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Finally made it to the Elk River for the first time and enjoyed the day on a beautiful group float with Dan Truit (Southern Paddler) and friends. Beautiful sunny skies and chilly water makes for a great day on the water.
Hard Boat PFD // Montgomery Whitewater
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Yes, that's right, my first time down the adventure channel in my hard boat. I have been rocking the duckie for a year and I have decided to move to a hard shell kayak. I worked on my Roll a few times surfed a little bit and ran the Adventure Channel at Montgomery Whitewater
Rafting the Middle Ocoee PT 1 // Ocoee Watersports
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Spent the weekend with the guys and girls at Ocoee Watersports and hit the Middle Ocoee rafting all weekend, tons of fun and laughs. Please check out Ocoee Watersports for a wonderful time on the beautiful Upper and Middle Ocoee or rent a kayak or paddle board for the lower Ocoee Webpage: ocoeewatersports.com Facebook: OcoeeWatersports?mibextid=ZbWKwL
Montgomery Whitewater // Clips (Edited) and Full Runs (Not Edited)
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Video Clips and two full runs without edit at Montgomery Whitewater Park
Kayak Camping // Cotaco Creek
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Just a spur of the moment overnight camping trip on Cotaco Creek.
Flint River // Oscar Patterson Rd to Winchester Rd 5.5 Miles
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A spur of the moment kayaking trip on the Flint River turns into a beautiful day and a wonderful time with friends on the water, even running into another great friend of mine. this section of Flint River is my favorite and most beautiful in my opinion. join us as I try to highlight another beautiful day on the River
Whitewater Kayaking // Locust Fork Races // Duckie Slalom
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It's the last and final race of the year and we are back racing Duckie Slalom #kayaklife #yakmafia #whitewaterkayaking #alabama #LocustFork #duckie
Locust Fork// Whitewater Kayaking// 3ft 869cfs
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Locust Fork on Good Friday with some great people Wes and Chris get their PFD and I run a hard boat on locust for the first time in 14 months so enjoy some of the carnage 🤙😁
Lower Mulberry Fork // Whitewater Kayaking // PFD Hard Boat
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Finally I was comfortable enough to run the Lower Mulberry Fork in a hard boat, I had a great day on the water, I felt good and even did some surfin, but you gotta love the balance of life and well recoding didn't go so well and I had a lot of frozen video with audio and or video with no audio or the GoPro was to low. I was blessed to get just enough to show case the day. #mulberyfork #whitewat...
Montgomery Whitewater // Season Opening // St Patricks Day Weekend 2024
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It's the season opening at Montgomery Whitewater Park, so come join me as I R2 for the first time (2 person raft) try Hobo Burgers for the first time camp with friends, hit the park for St Patrick's Day Saturday and hangout with more friends while on the water. #yakmafia #kayakadventure #kayaklife #Montgomerywhitewater #Park #whitewaterkayaking #whitewater #duckie #inflatablekayak
Locust Fork // Whitewater Kayaking // Low Flow Run
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Locust Fork // Whitewater Kayaking // Low Flow Run
Whitewater Kayaking || Mulberry Fork River || (Chris Stough Lower Mulberry PFD)
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Whitewater Kayaking || Mulberry Fork River || (Chris Stough Lower Mulberry PFD)
Whitewater Kayak Surfing || Mulberry Fork River
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Whitewater Kayak Surfing || Mulberry Fork River
Whitewater Kayaking // Mulberry Fork 01-11-2024 750cfs. // Huntsville Canoe Club
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Whitewater Kayaking // Mulberry Fork 01-11-2024 750cfs. // Huntsville Canoe Club
Kayak Camping // Cotaco Creek Group Trip // with @SouthernPaddler
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Kayak Camping // Cotaco Creek Group Trip // with @SouthernPaddler
Kayaking Wheeler Wildlife Refuge // Test and Review // LocaToWeb App
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Kayaking Wheeler Wildlife Refuge // Test and Review // LocaToWeb App
The Summer Carnage Collection // Whitewater Kayaking
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The Summer Carnage Collection // Whitewater Kayaking
South Fork New River // River Kings Members Trip 2023
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South Fork New River // River Kings Members Trip 2023
Montgomery Whitewater Park ( hand paddling adventure channel)
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Montgomery Whitewater Park ( hand paddling adventure channel)
Montgomery Whitewater (whitewater kayaking) #yakmafia
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Montgomery Whitewater (whitewater kayaking) #yakmafia
Kayaking Tallapoosa River (hard boat pfd) #whitewaterkayaking #yakmafia
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Kayaking Tallapoosa River (hard boat pfd) #whitewaterkayaking #yakmafia
Nice water park photos, real National Geographic like
Thank you so much!!!
Hey I’m in that video too!
Sweet bro, I take it you were rafting with Ocoee Whatersports also?
@@Yak_Mafia yea I’m the guy that fell out of the other raft in the video
Oh yeah 🤙🌊😂 good deal man, hope y'all guys had fun. Hope we will see you again next season 🤙😜
This is one of my favorite rivers I love it epic video 🤙
Thanks bro 🙏
The double duckie is a fun time. Good to take beginners down the middle on. We've even doubled down the ledges at Tellico. Good stuff!
I've got family that live minutes from the Hiawasse River in Hayesville, NC. Their less than half an hour from Hiawassee, GA.
They sure live in a beautiful area then, beautiful place.
Congrats on your Hiwassee PFD. It is a beautiful river. Nice work, bro!! 🤘💯
Thanks so much Dan💪💯... It was such a beautiful scenic river, I'm definitely getting some landscape photos next time 🤙🌊
Living real with a swim.
Jungle noises, like the banjo music adds great depth 😂
Great start, good come back ❤
Thank you 😁
Very well done!
Thank You!!
You did what to the what? You so crazy. I wonder if this is what it felt like going over Niagara Falls in a barrel? 🤣
It was a blast....idk if I want to find out about Niagara Falls 😆
That's some serious whitewater man. Braver soul than me lol. But it looked fun!
It was so much fun, we got to get you out here Billy even if it's in a raft 🤙🌊
Thanks for the video. I’ll be using it in a couple of days and seems to be great and so easy to use. It’s one time payment right?
Awesome, so glad you can find use of the app. Yes, just make sure if you do have to download it again that you use the same "Play Store" account. Thanks for watching 🫶🤙🌊
I would live to try it. With a raft first, just to get a feel for the water. Then break out a mans toy, a canoe. White water was a pass time for me and my brother in up state PA / NY. Deleware River, Raft or canoe just depended on how we felt. Most of our trips were about 30 miles. Man it was fun, 6am on the water, home at sundown. dig dig dig , right left right left. It's all in the ores when to use them and how. You don't use your arms in class 4, you lock the paddel and use your back to dig in hard
Elk is pretty narrow up that way. I'm used to the lower end in Alabama where it's basically a lake in size from side to side.
I highly recommend it, sure was beautiful and a great flow for 5 miles or so.
Excellent!
Thanks bro 🤙🌊
“I’m TL’ing” - Wills as he rides the bull through hells hole 😂
The Montgomery park looks pretty sick
That was just half of the park bro, I haven't been on the Comp Channel yet, you would love it, just a big ol playground 🤙
probably been 10 years since i have paddled going to Montgomery whitewater Sunday im sure i will swim more than i paddle!! great video
Awesome bro, I hope you have a blast. I really enjoy MWW it's a great playground 🤙
Sweet, Chris! Looks like a good time! Your sticker game on your helmet is strong!! 💪😎🛶
Thanks Dan it's always a fun time at Montgomery Whitewater. You should consider joining me sometime. Between the coffee cup or the helmet it always gets a conversation started. Always meeting new friends and I love it 😁
@Yak_Mafia I've got a Katana 10.4 and a helmet is on the way. Once I get comfortable in it, I probably will! 😎
Oh Yeah!!! This will be awesome, super excited 😎
@@Yak_Mafia😎
That is a NICE camp spot. Good stuff!
Thanks brother, Cotaco Creek never disappoints!!
There's some nice canopy at that spot. You were a bit of a perfectionist whittling that spoon. 😂 Steer clear of those nasty beavers!
😆😆😆 yes I have to work on that. Had to stop messing with it before I didn't have a handle.
Seems like good water flow. Very enjoyable paddle, no doubt.
how deep was the water looks like 5 feet?!?
Depends on what gage you would use. The AWW page would read 3.5 or 3.7 that day. Garden City gage 7 or 8 maybe.
So many great sections on the Flint and this is one of them! Great vid, Chris!! 👍👍
Thanks Dan 🤙😁 I agree , but this is my favorite section
Meet yall at the launch. 🤙
Oh yeah, it was awesome to meet you 🤘😁 Hit me up on Facebook and lets paddle together soon 🤙😝
Saw the rocks in the beginning, did you have to carry?
That section does get low. Anything under 7.2 ft you drag bottom and have to walk more than float. We didn't have to walk but hit a few rocks and dragged a few times. We paddled and walked a little upstream to check out some stuff.
It's kind of weird that I've never been down the Flint. I live in Limestone County so I'm usually on the Elk or Tennessee. It's on my list for this summer. Thanks for sharing.
I'll go! I've only fished it from Hobbs Island Rd to the lake.
I definitely think you should float it. It's a beautiful river. This is my favorite section but it doesn't run much bc that end gets too low in summer. Let me know when you can go and I will try and float it with you.
Man, that looked super challenging in the inflatable. I was huffing and puffing along with you. Nice job.
Hey Man, thanks so much. Yeah it definitely was challenging in some ways, and most of it was getting set up in the flow right to get through the gates. 2nd run definitely was much better.
2 solid runs Chris! Great job!
Thank you 🤘😁
Looks like y'all had a great time. I was at the Locust Fork a few weeks ago, but on land. 😁🛶👍
Always Good to be on or around the water. So what you telling me is that you're ready to go whitewater kayaking then 🤷😆
@@Yak_MafiaWell... 😅😅
@@SouthernPaddler just bite the bullet Dan 😅😅
😮 great work on your roll. Your a gem in the making.
Thank you Kim 🤙😁
I've done the Coosa but never done this beautiful River ! Awesome!!!!!❤
It is a beautiful river, and I highly recommend it 🤙😁
Man, I ran that back in the 90's in a Dagger Crossfire @ 6ft. Good times... Thanks for sharing...
Oh wow, I haven't been that on it at that level. Sounds like a epic time 🤘😁
yeah, we went straight from there to the Mulberry Fork and 5-0 was killing it! there were 3 waves!@@Yak_Mafia
Good run bud! keep at it in that hardboat bro!
Thanks Wes!!!
Ya killin’ it out there Chris! Looked like a fun day on a beautiful river! Can’t wait for your next one! 🤙🏼💦🤘🏼
It was a great day on the water, thanks Carey. We have the races this weekend so we are camping on the river for 3 days, gonna be a blast.
Good stuff! My 2024 season is about to start up in here in Virginia
Awesome Bro 🤙😁 super excited to see what you coming up then.
Best edit of Locust Fork I have seen hands down!
Thanks so much!!!
Glad to see folks enjoying Montgomery Alabama! This looks so fun. Can’t wait for Alabama to grow into the city it is meant to be
Love some Montgomery Whitewater 🤙
Nice!! Movin on up! I went with a zen also. Its the only hard boat i could find at the time that would hold my weight. Now im wanting one of the big foot.
Thanks Wes!!! I have a buddy that has a big foot and he said he's loving it.
Where were y’all camping at the beginning of the video?
Gunterhill Campground, it's a beautiful place. I highly recommend it. Thanks for stopping by 🤙😎
WOW, SO EXCITING! you guys make it look easy. Different coarse than before & love the green. You all do it up right 😅 for sure.
Thanks Kim🫶😎
If i make it back down south for furnace fest this year, im headed over to the whitewater park!!!! Looks fun!
Hey Wes, it is a lot of fun, hope you get a chance to check it out.