The waterfall lipshot...

Well, we had a bit of a dry spell at the beginning of last week, so, we took to the maps and the trails and went scouting. And shit we did find! With three super sick unrun waterfalls scouted and ready to go, we decided to “warm up” a bit with the classic drop Sutherland Falls on Blanket Creek in BC. It did the job.

I went first landing the 62 foot waterfall at 85 degrees or so. Couldn’t have felt better. Honestly, I don’t think there are many feelings in the world that can compare with the adrenalin rush that comes just as you paddle over the lip of a big drop. The key here is what I call the lip shot. It’s generally the last thing I see before putting my head into full tuck position. Once I’m tucked, the image of the pool 60 feet below is burned into my memory and I can always tell if my angle is correct. With blanket, I knew it was good and all I had to do was wait to enter the pool. Probably the second coolest feeling about running a big waterfall is being fully tucked at the right angle and body position and expecting to hit the bottom, but because the drop is so big, just having to wait. Even though it’s only a second, it feels like hours sometimes, then bang, you splash down into the pool.



Trip runs Blanket Falls

Next, Scott Feindel ran the drop and styled it even more smoothly than me.

What a perfect warm up, all I could think about after that was running more drops! Like good crack all I wanted was more. Luckily unlike crack, I did it again the next day with no terrible side effects, plus I can stop whenever I want to, really…

Next up, 70 foot tripple drop.

Peace,
Trip