Paddling down the Capilano river

Obviously this isn't me. I follow a guy on youtube and saw he posted a video paddling down the Capilano river from the fish hatchery. I used to go there as a kid. I had no idea those calm deep parts were there. All you see from the overpass is very shallow rocky rapids. Last time I was at the fish hatchery filming for my video blog I saw a guy with a whitewater kayak and I asked him are you putting in here? Yup he said. I was like good on ya. I just paddle in lakes, streams and the ocean. I've never kayaked rapids. You obviously need a different kind of kayak for that.

I did try some moving water in a voyageur canoe once. That was pretty awesome. We were in the Fraser river this side of Hells Gate. Thankfully I was with an experienced group of paddlers who knew what they were doing - the Fort Langley canoe club. I saw my first whirlpool and I was like whoa! That will suck you down to the ground. Then a guy yells out rollers on the right. What are rollers I ask? He pointed to the rapids and I was like whoah! Are we going down that? The lady in front of me shakes her head like I'm an idiot, says no and keeps paddling. It was very cool.