Epic Palmy kayak FAIL....by Couta101

[Couta101]

Ok so this happened a while ago, the sting has gone but the embarrassment has not!( more like the ego has not recovered, the wife still laughs at me over this one) It has only been through the persistance of some that this video has even seen the light of day!

I thought that I had plenty of offshore experience....which I actually do, but it is amazing how one small un-noticed mistake can set off a chain of events, which in this case turned out to be funny but for many it many have ended very differently.

We always talk about kayak safety, and to many of us make excuses....I now ask all of you to re-assess how you think about what can or can't go wrong is a second!

Enough of the serious.............lets get to the funnies!

[Zed]

Well that's one way to clear the deck.

the wife still laughs at me over this one

Flood the shoe closet. That'll fix her.

Thanks for sharing. It's the first step to recovery.

[eric]

Red? Can we change the 'Like' button to 'Pissing myself laughing'?

[nad97]

That is a clasic douglas

[nezevic]

Gold.

[BIGKEV]

Best vid I've ever seen posted!!!!

Similar to my experience at DI, and you laghed at me, at least I only let the fish capsize me once.

[simond11]

At least you had leashes on your rod!

[foxx1]

Brilliant that you caught it on camera.

Sure makes me feel better about my misadventures knowing that even the well experienced come a cropper too.

Keep seeing the funny side

[Couta101]

Best vid I've ever seen posted!!!!

Similar to my experience at DI, and you laghed at me, at least I only let the fish capsize me once.

Cheers Kev, my biggest isue..... I caught the whole thing on film and thus have nowhere to hide my head!

At least you had leashes on your rod!

Well I did on two rods.....Lost my spin stick that day too....

Keep seeing the funny side

Mate if I didn't I think I'd cry

[nad97]

This will be a contender for vid of the year

[ArWeTherYet]

Haha! Good on ya for posting, a lesser man would of deleted it.

[kayakone]

This will be a contender for vid of the year

Yes Nick. But more importantly, SAFETY video of the century.

Thanks for having the balls to post that Douglas.



trev

[indiedog]

I remember the description on the day, something like "Yeah I got a massive strike from a huuuuuuge spotty, so big it pulled me over". Sounded pretty straight forward but that wasn't exactly an accurate account now was it Douglas?? I always wondered how you knew it was a spotty.

Now if I hadn't fallen off my yak the same day with not a fish nor barely a wave in sight then I may throw some more stones....

Great vid mate.

[RedPhoenix]

Mongrel.. you had me leaning way over to the left on my computer chair to counteract your roll.

Red.

[badmotorfinger]

Thanks for sharing. Very entertaining and informative.

I see the problem was catching fish which i tend to avoid. When next asked if Im going fishing i can reply - no, just practicing safe kayaking.