Pro riverboarder Josh Galt ran the first decent of the Green Narrows鈥擥orilla rapids included鈥攗sing nothing but a riverboard and a pair of fins this week.
鈥淲hat first caught my attention many years ago was how perfectly picturesque Gorilla was.鈥 . 鈥淭hat stuck in my head, and it鈥檚 always been a rapid I鈥檝e wanted to run.鈥
While many in the the paddling community have hopped on the聽 riverboarding bandwagon, some still see it as a joke. “Something for people to do who can鈥檛 kayak, as a tourist activity, or me as a totally effin鈥 crazy man,” Galt said. 鈥淲e鈥檙e not just hanging on and surviving. We鈥檙e running the lines, and we鈥檙e styling the drops. We belong on the river as much as any other type of boat.鈥
Pro kayakers caught Galt’s decent and took this footage of him navigating the Gorilla: