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Being rocked by the bus eater is not just an everyday experience. Some of the local boyz set up a water ski rope to the shore up stream and made the rop long enough to sue it to carve into the monster. Great idea and I have never done a tow in before.

Being rocked by the bus eater is not just an everyday experience. Some of the local boyz set up a water ski rope to the shore up stream and made the rop long enough to sue it to carve into the monster. Great idea and I have never done a tow in before.

Today I fell sometimes up to 5 feet onto green fast moving water. If you have ever been water skiing then you know what it is like to get green water at a high velocity. You think that a big shot sponsored dude would surf that monster stuff like it was 3 feet tall. For 3 days I watch new-BE HOT SHOT after new-Be Hot shot paddle into the monster like they were all tough and then quickly paddle out of the way. It really looks like a mountain in a hole. The water drops about 6 feet to the bowl. The river is running at some insane volume of water I can’t tell you much info on that, but dam kiddies its screaming up’ in there. The wave Jacks up and this is what you get @ 16 on the gauge.

The Bus eater is much bigger at higher water levels like 20 on the gauge. If you want to check out some good shots check out the www.holeriders.com

The wave was 16 on the gauge and going big was the order of the day. Either you surf and get the snot beat out of you or you just huck your body into the air and eat it anyway. At more than one instance I have had my nose plugs my earplugs and my helmet removed. Tiffer was huckin huge donkey flips into the best monster Butt whoopins I have seen in a long time…... I loved it………. We call it a perfect 4 if you have all head gear ripped off at once. Now the helmet never came off me, but the nose plugs and earplugs have been blasted off on a number of occasions. The unthinkable happened, I can hear the folks at Werner cursing me for this but. For years I have said that the best paddle ever made is a 191 Werner Bent Shaft with Player Blades Carbon/Carbon shaft and blade combo with a 30 degree offset. I have paddled with Werner paddles since I could roll about 12 years. I tried unsuccessfully to backdeck roll as I was tossed off the lip, but the bow of the boat got caught. (take some time to imagine this) picture yourself Facing upstream and slightly right, my back was pinned to the backdeck, I am in the air about 4 feet up and upsidedown, hands on the paddle just above my head. I freeze (great timing hungh). I didn’t quite let out a screem as my face touched down first. It was like the screeching wheels on a jumbo Jet on landing. The same time the paddles above my head stopped on contact with the green water. The back of the boat slightly tweeked to the right, the edge of the boat slammed into the shaft to the right of my head. The experience was a lot like when I was a little 60lb runt with big hair. I was running like a mad man from my brother and I hit moms freshly windexed sliding glass door. Stopped dead, No give, no idea nothing but stars. It’s the only time in my life I have ever felt like that. Well Talk about have’in you Bell rung. Huge cheer erupted from my so-called friends on shore. Including my girlfriend who was clapping with glee…. I might add. They were elated with my miss fortune. The only reason was I am always teasing them about not having a “Rhino Club”. I am always saying you could beat a Rhino to death with my Werner”. I guess under the right circumstances even my Rhino club can break.

Billy Harris on a MISSION