First rule of the river: Yield to upstream traffic. Second rule of the river: Big boats crush little boats. In this homegrown footage from the Ottawa River in Ontario, Canada, guide Scott Gilchrist illustrates the proper way to beat up a boatful of clients — and have them love you for it!
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The Ottawa River is known for its high volume hits and standing waves, often providing the perfect venue to inflict carnage on a crew with a certain degree of safety. If you notice, Gilchrist — using groin muscles of steel — is the only person to stay in the big boat, locking himself in by leveraging his leg in one of the boat's tubes/thwarts.
