Main • 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.

[nad97]

That is a clasic douglas

[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

[RedPhoenix]

Unfortunately, due to the change in ownership of this web site and the lack of response by the owners to my requests to remove my email address from all administrative-level notifications and functionality, I have decided to remove my posts on AKFF. Thank you for the great times, the fantastic learning experiences and the many many fish. If you are desperate for the old content of this particular post, it is available below base64 encoded and bzip2 compressed.

Red.

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[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.

[Ado]

That's one hell of powerful fish. It spun the whole world around your ski, and Copernicus in his grave.
Great video. Was there a danger of the ski being towed away from you?

[gezmeister]

He he.. enjoyed every minute of it. Pity about losing the fish after all of that!