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Luke Hoskovec - 6 years ago

Do they have a pre planned route picked out, or can they just read the river?

TheBrockOriginal - 6 years ago

no thanks

Luke Hoskovec - 6 years ago

jesus christ that's terrifying

Randell Schimdt - 6 years ago

Coolest ride ever

mahones jones - 6 years ago

Rafa were does the stikine rank in dangerous rivers u ventured.??

Robert Heidersbach - 6 years ago

Wow this is breathtaking.

Adam Frederick - 6 years ago

dude this was really fun to watch, brought back memories of when i got tossed around in a Class lV hole rafting in West Virginia before resurfacing in a panic. Not fun down there, but glad everyone made it through

mountin kid kid - 6 years ago

i want to do this as a sport at 13 who else do ??

liu wenjie - 6 years ago

I was never able to make it when up side down no matter how many times they taught me.

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liu wenjie - 6 years ago

Awsome skill!

Alex Bunn - 7 years ago

I want to try this when I'm older it looks fun

john baines - 7 years ago

awsome

Carlo Gatti - 7 years ago

awesome!

i Hydrax - 7 years ago

Cooooooool

William Swaim - 7 years ago

What kind of kayak is this?

Boneless Dirt - 7 years ago

dude Rafa you accidentally mystery moved when you peeled out that one time lol sick

Connor Coultas - 7 years ago

I've done way more accidental mystery moves in big water than I
ever have done on purpose ones playboating. lol

ScottBros - 7 years ago

Good Video. Iv'e got a GoPro Hero 4 Black, Check out my Kayaking Vid <3

Claudio Hibma - 7 years ago

eeeeexcelleeeeeent vídeo!!!!

James Grzech - 7 years ago

I thank God none of these fine people died..

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michael blaylock - 7 years ago

that man isaac is a savage for jumping in a crazy ass river like that

sonofcenarius28 - 7 years ago

what a shitty song to play at the end

Dave Watt - 7 years ago

"Don't go left!!"

"Left? OK, I'm going left!"

barglegarglegargledrown

RagnarokBlake - 8 years ago

Thanks for uploading !

Best Inflatable Kayaks For Sale - 8 years ago

Awesome adventure!

Frederic Honorez - 8 years ago

what is de make of this green paddle?

sqwid - 7 years ago

+Frederic Honorez flowtech lighting paddle

GreenBaretSemperFi - 8 years ago

I've kayaked class 4 rapids on the Arkansas river in Colorado. Watching this is scary lol

Oi Shirley - 8 years ago

I'm surprise those kayaks can stay afloat with two pairs of massive steel ball sacs.

Sander Duvillard - 8 years ago

Can you use The Superview ??

Aarne Miettinen - 8 years ago

And that swim right there, my friends, is the reason you don´t sign the bad line. You only give signs for the lines one is supposed to take.

Connor Coultas - 7 years ago

WW Safety rule 101 right there.

James Grzech - 7 years ago

absolutely GD right

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john Johnson - 8 years ago

have you guys heard of the Noice Speaker? it's the first attachable, waterproof speaker that you can take anywhere because of a compartment that protects your phone. If anyone that finds out where to get one please let me know

Munasia Doris - 8 years ago

So cool. ..I hope to get there one day

Brian M - 9 years ago

I always loved watching Rafa Ortiz in videos.
You can see that he was truly enjoying what he did.
#KingRafa

Raku Yamasa 1.0 - 9 years ago

it's really good =) I also do kayaking but not at this level ^o^

Ricardo Moliner - 9 years ago

Nice edit

Fazley Mapet - 9 years ago

Crazyy!!!!

Megan Rose - 9 years ago

After watching this I realized, I NEED TO DO SOMETHING FUN IN MY LIFE

Jam Y - 6 years ago

megan løves animals did you do something fun ?

Man of Water - 9 years ago

no joke

Rodrigo Heckel - 9 years ago

crazy and awesome someday i will do that.

Michael Palmer - 9 years ago

Whitewater kayaking is one of the most terrifying yet exhilarating experiences you can have in life. Being upside down in class 5 rapids is not fun. Much respect to these guys.

BLUE_ DIZZY - 9 years ago

They are crazy

race logics - 9 years ago

sry but not cool

Florian Castilla - 9 years ago

Prenant..!

etheain - 9 years ago

I would love for gopro to make an entire documentary using gopros :P

Emiliano Manojlovich - 9 years ago

literalmente yo me hubiera muerto 5 veces.

Kiranna Marie - 9 years ago

How do I learn to do this? I've been kayaking but not in rapids and I really want to learn to.. Does anyone know anywhere in Canada I can sign up for lessons??

Connor Coultas - 7 years ago

I'm a year late and live far south in the states, but most of canada has really nice whitewater. There are also several schools on the ottawa and probably several other places too. Just look around

Harrison R - 9 years ago

Incredible....! One of GoPro's Best

Serg Kaizen - 9 years ago

Not impressed

taxiuniversum - 9 years ago

That one guy lost hit kayak, didn´t he? How on earth did he get back?
By the way: Scary shit.

Yes I'm Vegan - 9 years ago

That looks so cool!!! I want a GoPro so bad! They're amazing

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peter denney - 9 years ago

Life's too short; buy a GoPro and film a life of adventure!

Dimitros - 9 years ago

4:38 holy shit you've got some large eyes

Mitchell Riley - 9 years ago

Is the text from the video made in the go pro studio? If so, how is this done? Thanks

Ronnie Mendoza - 9 years ago

it looks like it was done in after effects. there are good tools for text motion tracking

DigitalDyslexia - 9 years ago

I honestly doubt GoPro uses studio. It's not very good compared to some of the other programs, especially at the level of quality that GoPro's YouTube channel standarizes to. I'd say something like Premiere, Sony Vegas, After Effects (it actually makes for a great video editor!) and a few others I can't get off the top of my head.

Then again, I don't really use it myself. It seems like an iMovie equivalent. Something simple that the everyday person can use easily.

yakisueba - 9 years ago

wowee!

jacob Johnson - 9 years ago

Words can not describe how much I want to do that

bokeflo - 9 years ago

Gotta Love Crazy White Water Kayakers! Gotta Love GoPro.

superhund14 - 9 years ago

Very intense.

trees - 9 years ago

That looks bloody hairy!

WorldOfWoodrow - 9 years ago

Just ordered a gopro hero 4 black! Can't wait to make videos!

NCD Fan - 9 years ago

Holy crap

FoodyLucious - 9 years ago

what an intense video, great footage

Kayaking in Alaska - 9 years ago

Freaking awesome rafa
Great kayaking
Glad Isaac is ok
Liked video

Chance Keso - 9 years ago

That's epic. Cool to see people kayaking the Stikine. One of the coolest places I've ever been!

SilverShadow8293 - 9 years ago

As long I have some Professional with me, I'm down.

Kevin Adams - 9 years ago

Lol u would die

valiantnipple - 9 years ago

Rad.

Braden Fioresi - 9 years ago

Awesome video, I hope my go pro videos will look this good one day!

moat meal - 9 years ago

would it be more accurate to say it's the K2 of kayaking??

Clockworkk - 9 years ago

If you ain't doing things like this, you ain't living.

yeezytoldmeto - 9 years ago

Rafa! My friends had a great time on the Magpie River trip with you (Fcc)!

Elaine Marie - 9 years ago

OMG, I nearly died from a heart attack, just from watching this. I'm an old lady now, but I've been a risk taker way too many times in my life. And I'm not even athletic, ever. Cliff climbing w/o ropes, rappelling down caverns, falling off a cliff, climbing a glacier in Alaska, firewalking, paddling Class 5 rapids my first time whitewater rafting, walking over the abyss on a log, encounter with Sasquatch when camping alone, driving my car into a river by accident, etc. Too old to remember them all. Still need to skydive.
Thank you for the thrill!

SomeoneElse - 6 years ago

Haha, any chance of starting a youtube channel where you tell stories?

Connor Coultas - 7 years ago

If you were on a guided raft trip, I can almost guarantee you didn't raft class V. A lot of guides exaggerate ratings to make their customers feel more scared and more accomplished at the end of the trip.

Zach W - 7 years ago

You should try dirt biking

Fresh Prince of Persia - 9 years ago

I actually would like to hear details about this Sasquatch story, hahaha

schramschram - 9 years ago

lol encounter with Sasquatch good one.

MicBergsma - 9 years ago

Fun!!

Sam McAllister - 9 years ago

Mitch :D!

maddie monti - 9 years ago

defiantly one of the best gopro videos ive ever seen

Mo Voskamp - 9 years ago

Balls of steel

HotSauceFan9 - 9 years ago

I've white water rafted all over the country but never kayaked.. Looks sketch haha

Guy Random - 9 years ago

Anybody else regret not doing anything with their lives? :\

Piggy - 6 years ago

WolfpAx 990 include commas

dukeimyourstepfather - 7 years ago

never too late.

WolfpAx 990 - 7 years ago

No I'm a Boy Scout white warred raft kayak Conoe skateboard longboard ski mountain bike ya my life's pretty adventures

Ferg - 9 years ago

Why not do both?

CH1CK3NxSALAD - 9 years ago

Nope. I skydive. I skateboard. I am going to start freestyle downhill longboarding soon. So I live a pretty adventurous life. I dodge in and out of traffic. I almost got hit by 3 cars yesterday and I almost slammed into a truck today, because the bearings on my skateboard are super fast and idiot drivers don't see me coming.

Rodrigo Heckel - 9 years ago

+crazywebkinz9 men, you are very boring and a loser if every person were like you we would not a have done a shit as a specie.

Mcoffins - 9 years ago

Im doing something. This summer i will go river rafting and skydiving

Mark Ryan - 9 years ago

+crazywebkinz9 "when was the last time someone experienced severe head trauma playing checkers?"
The next time you beat me.
Im gonna hit you so hard with the checker board..you're gonna wish you jumped in the river.

Baba Ghanoush - 9 years ago

+Green Ranger no need for name calling lord hater. i'z was just saying I prefer safer activities, like say, checkers, or watching grass grow. when was the last time someone experienced severe head trauma playing checkers? hmmm?

Mark Ryan - 9 years ago

why?

Green Ranger - 9 years ago

+crazywebkinz9 Youre not boring just a loser

Baba Ghanoush - 9 years ago

yeah, I regret not risking my life--getting my head crushed by a boulder and drowning to death. call me boring...

Mark Ryan - 9 years ago

http://www.canoekayak.com/whitewater-kayak/remembering-jeff-west/

Jeremy Heiman - 9 years ago

+Mark Ryan Like who?

Mark Ryan - 9 years ago

+Jeremy Heiman
Kayakers at their level die all the time.
The one guy in this very video said he was swimming blacked out.

Jeremy Heiman - 9 years ago

+Mark Ryan Kayakers at their level rarely die. They make a living off of this. They spend months, and sometimes years planning out runs.

Mark Ryan - 9 years ago

Some of these guys will be dead very, very soon.

superhund14 - 9 years ago

Don't judge yourself based on other peoples achievements, that's just a fail. You will lose at life if you do that. And all you get is one chance.

LIMO - 9 years ago

your life is not over bro :)

420apache657 - 9 years ago

why not do both?

Caminando el Mundo - 9 years ago

una pasada!!

Rodrigo's HDTV [GoPro & Travels] - 9 years ago

Shocking scary figthing with rapids!

Feel free to check my GoPro Channel ;)

Rodney Ricker - 9 years ago

That's looks amazing... And incredibly dangerous

Egodphhhd - 9 years ago

Он утонул или нет

Nessim Debbaj - 9 years ago

Is he crazy to jump like that in the river with the power of the water ?!

Caesar Ong - 8 years ago

+Nessim Debbaj On the contrary, that's one of the only few options that doesn't involve climbing on slippery rocks or a helievac. If he jumped closer to the banks he could have been recirculated back into the eddy, which makes it way harder for him to get into the main flow to get downstream where he could get back into his boat. Not to mention swirly eddy with lots of aeration does not make swimming easy, and whirlpools and undercurrent could potentially pull him underwater into hidden undercuts or underwater sieve.

Thomas .VW - 9 years ago

Then they made him jump as far over the rapid part of the stream as possible and towed him to shore. If they didn't mul him over he would have had a long swim.

Thomas .VW - 9 years ago

He had to swim to not drown, they were able to pull his boat to the other side in a calmer eddy.

macaroo90 - 9 years ago

you're underestimating the power of water. moving water is way stronger than you think

Connor - 9 years ago

+Thomas .VW These holes will hold you under the water and drown you

Connor - 9 years ago

+Nessim Debbaj 2:13 he fell in the hole that the guys on the rock were talking about then he had to get out of his kayak

Nessim Debbaj - 9 years ago

+Thomas .VW I don't get it : where was his boat et why wasn't he in it ?

Thomas .VW - 9 years ago

It was the only way to get to his boat on the other side.

Giles Perkins Films - 9 years ago

Does anyone know how they do their final part of each video? Like with the annotations for other videos. I'm curious what software they use.

Giles Perkins Films - 9 years ago

thanks!

Nico Strik - 9 years ago

I use Sony vegas for that

Ale_B - 9 years ago

I think that they use after effects

Giles Perkins Films - 9 years ago

+phlipit up Thanks!

phlipit up - 9 years ago

Sony vegas or adobe Premiere i think

Jeremy Norton - 9 years ago

Sick!

OneGenericName - 9 years ago

OK, now I know I'll never try doing this

Mr. Clean - 9 years ago

I live in Seattle!!!!!!! And I went to the stikine river

BattleCryPrelude - 9 years ago

now i can't go pee alone tonight.

Jake Kim - 9 years ago

21 comments lol

Isaiah Gamings - 9 years ago

I'm a chicken

mhtinla - 9 years ago

Haha...
2 teletubbies kayaking

Devosaur - 9 years ago

That was so intense! The ringing noise kind of made it seem like I was there!

Prodigy GoPro - 9 years ago

Scary for that one dude! And BTW I post GoPro vids too :)

MrClearme - 9 years ago

Wth was that?

James Hennessy - 9 years ago

rapid

LDS MovieMaking - 9 years ago

Guys i have great idea why you dont update software for hero3+ black so we can shoot night timelapses and night photos and some fps like 1080p120fps and 720p240fps. Thumb up who agree :)

Dave's Nature Productions - 9 years ago

The GoPro codecs and fps settings are defined by the Ambarella chip it uses since all the settings are stored on it and I don't think these can be changed by a firmware update. The Hero 3+ Black uses the Ambarella A7 chip which doesn't have 1080p at 120fps or 720p at 240fps codec settings on it. The best it can do is 1080p at 60fps. Only the A9 chip that The hero 4 has, allows those settings.

GoPro seem to limit a few of the Ambarella chips features upon release of their new camera, then release those later as a firmware update.

LDS MovieMaking - 9 years ago

I dont think so. Before about 5-6 months it's was a update for software so they puted 1080p60fps and 720p120fps. :)