I can't tell you or thank you enough for what this video has done for my confidence as a paddler who just got a Ripper 2. I got it a few weeks ago and have been apprehensive to take it out on big water rapids, but after seeing you just destroy the Milner Mile in a Ripper, I'm going to start bringing it out since I fully understand now how well it handles when being paddled by an expert, and that it can easily take on anything I have a plan of padding in the near future...
The Gopro effect is real! That fisheye lens is great for giving the camera a massive field of view, but the way it sort of compresses the video into a sphere completely removes your ability to judge the size of things, and especially the steepness of anything. Ran into this problem for the first time skiing, after friends I was with who had seen my Gopro footage of the same runs got in COMPLETELY over their heads because the same ski trails that looked flat on video that they were totally confident were within their abilities were actually almost a 50% grade, aka ground you would have trouble standing or walking on even without snow. And you obviously already know what the Gopro effect does to kayaking footage. Whenever I see kayaking video from a Gopro these days, I automatically assume that what I'm seeing is going to be a bare minimum of at least twice as big in real life, if not more. Even I'm not immune to this, despite fully knowing how the video isn't a realistic representation of being there in person. I just got back from getting absolutely destroyed on the Russell Fork Gorge this weekend, even after watching hundreds of videos of beta while mentally multiplying the size that it was going to be in person by a factor of 2 or 3... and I STILL got in over my head and got absolutely hammered. Gopro's are fantastic for shooting high quality video, but not good at all for giving someone a realistic representation of what something is going to look like on film versus actually being there.
Kids these days, I swear, lol. Funny, I saw the TV segment yesterday and thought of my 1st paddle raft descents down the N Fk and so many PNW rivers and creeks. So glad the power co will time things for some hammer time for you guys!
@@unreal8058 Wonder if anyone has ever taken a full slice down the Milner Mile? Who am I kidding, I'm sure someone has based on the golden rule that no matter how big something may be, there will ALWAYS be someone who fired it up before you at a higher level, and with worse equipment.
I can't tell you or thank you enough for what this video has done for my confidence as a paddler who just got a Ripper 2. I got it a few weeks ago and have been apprehensive to take it out on big water rapids, but after seeing you just destroy the Milner Mile in a Ripper, I'm going to start bringing it out since I fully understand now how well it handles when being paddled by an expert, and that it can easily take on anything I have a plan of padding in the near future...
Right on! Thanks for posting!
Awesome! In my youth, never got to run Milner, but def ran Murtaugh in my squirt boat. Gotta get that shit while you're young. You need the oxygen!
That was fucking tasty,when it looks big on a go pro you know it’s big.
The Gopro effect is real! That fisheye lens is great for giving the camera a massive field of view, but the way it sort of compresses the video into a sphere completely removes your ability to judge the size of things, and especially the steepness of anything. Ran into this problem for the first time skiing, after friends I was with who had seen my Gopro footage of the same runs got in COMPLETELY over their heads because the same ski trails that looked flat on video that they were totally confident were within their abilities were actually almost a 50% grade, aka ground you would have trouble standing or walking on even without snow. And you obviously already know what the Gopro effect does to kayaking footage.
Whenever I see kayaking video from a Gopro these days, I automatically assume that what I'm seeing is going to be a bare minimum of at least twice as big in real life, if not more. Even I'm not immune to this, despite fully knowing how the video isn't a realistic representation of being there in person. I just got back from getting absolutely destroyed on the Russell Fork Gorge this weekend, even after watching hundreds of videos of beta while mentally multiplying the size that it was going to be in person by a factor of 2 or 3... and I STILL got in over my head and got absolutely hammered. Gopro's are fantastic for shooting high quality video, but not good at all for giving someone a realistic representation of what something is going to look like on film versus actually being there.
Kids these days, I swear, lol. Funny, I saw the TV segment yesterday and thought of my 1st paddle raft descents down the N Fk and so many PNW rivers and creeks. So glad the power co will time things for some hammer time for you guys!
solid
That was big!
HUGE!!
Yowsa!! Big water
Jah is not elusive... Jah is everywhere
Putting the Ripper to work!
Get it dog!!!
True whitewater purist would have paddled his play boat with no life jacket smh 🤦
Ah yes to ensure the best mystery moves
@@unreal8058 Wonder if anyone has ever taken a full slice down the Milner Mile? Who am I kidding, I'm sure someone has based on the golden rule that no matter how big something may be, there will ALWAYS be someone who fired it up before you at a higher level, and with worse equipment.
@@tankmaster1018 There was a guy at this release with a Wavesport Score. He's in his mid 50's.