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Mar going Ginormous at Minibus
photo by Tanya Shuman

Taking the rope in.
photo by Pat Camblin

Well, weeks into our buseater stakeout minibus FINALLY decided to give us a few days of pure surfing bliss… buseater days are some of the most fun and most taxing of the year; basically, you are getting up at 6am or so (definitely not the norm) and surfing for as long as your arms/back will hold up… then straight to bed and if your lucky you get another day or two of the same… both buseater waves are completely unforgiving… even if you are on the top of your game it will often pitch, crash, or bubble unexpectedly? leaving you window-shaded, worked, or heading down the infamous toilet bowl for long, cold, and dark downtime? all this aside, or possibly because of this, it is one of the best surfs in the world ? super fast and unrelentingly dynamic. The vision is so much fun here, it just rips across the wave, often bringing you out of the ?toilet bowl? section just when you thought you were doomed, and onto the sweet section of wave (not an easy transition!), it also launches better than any other boat I?ve tried, jumping up and away from the green with ease?

Pat going very large on Minibus
photo by Laura Nash

Hal going very deep at Minibus
photo by Pat Camblin

Good god that is huge
photo by Laura Nash

Pretty Clean Blunt at Bussy
photo by Marlow Long

Tired and happy after 3 great days on minibus we awoke to find the level dropping and minibus becoming more and more of a huge hole? so? we packed up and headed east then north, into the vast waterways that await those willing to make the long drive up to northern Quebec. Along the way there are plenty of roadside attractions, lots of fun rapids, waterfalls and slides always conveniently marked with a big sign indicating that indeed a rapid of some description is near.

Pat running some ridiculous slide in Quebec.
photo by Laura Nash

We?ve found another one folks? ?Black Mass? – appropriately named by some lucky paddlers who ventured upon this wave before us? it lies in the middle of a long, huge water rapid, it is only in during flood, it doesn?t have an eddy, and the walk back up is long and rocky? that all said this is the fastest, most dynamic wave I?ve ever surfed and easily worth the effort once your there? we only got one rainy day on this beauty, but we?ll be back for sure.
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Going large on the new wave. “The Black Mass”
photo by Laura Nash

Black Mass Carving
photo by Marlow Long

Big Ollie by Marlow on the Black Mass
photo by Pat Camblin

Back home now – the Ottawa has dropped down to 4 (pretty unusual for this time of year), Marlow has headed to the teva mountain games, and I?m back here hoping that northern Ontario will get dumped on and somehow the Ottawa will get back up to 16!!

Later. Pat and Mar

What a stud.
photo by Tanya Shuman

Martan isn’t it cute how he sucks her blood.
photo by Pat Camblin

Catch all the best Buseater and Black Mass action in YGP?s upcoming release ?DYNASTY?
More photos and video about Bus Eater on the way.
Later

Well we were over in Chattanooga showing boats at a Lake Demo in Chattanooga for Rock Creek Outfitters. We decided to head over to the Ocoee for some fun and watering. Since we had been showing and talking about lake boats all day we decided we better put them through the test of running the Ocoee.


Whitney, Lee, Scott, and I all jumped in long boats.
I was in a 12 foot Stingray open cockpit.
Lee was in a 14 foot Stingray open cockpit as well. This became quite a nuisance later in the day.
Whitney was in the Pisgah 14.
Scott was in a 15 foot Pyranha boat.
We came up with an advanced spray skirt system made from trash bags. That helped alot with the boats that didn’t have spray skirts.


Its funny I don’t think people knew what to think about us. We got a lot of funny looks. Some people seemed to think it was funny, some were perplexed, and some even seemed to scowl at us. People just don’t understand that this is the wave of the future boats went all the way down to under 6 feet and now we are headed back the other way. I am just pushing the envelope. I am looking at developing a 20 foot whitewater boat soon because I see the demand really going off after this latest surge in Big Boatin’. I have also officially liscenced the name Big Boatin”. Its kind of like Creek Boatin’, or Play Boatin’.
It will be its own category within the next couple years.
Big Boatin’ The Ocoee Video

If you are interested in the future of the sport you can also check out this video.
Big Boatin’ The Chattooga Video
If you need a little excitement you should give it a try. But be careful some people just don’t understand that this is where we are going with our sport. They are starting to feel intimidated, disillusioned, and lost in this new world that is Big Boatin’.
Shane