One place you wouldn’t think of kayaking is the Falls Park located by East Falls Park Drive and N Weber Avenue in the downtown district. The Falls Park is suggested as a class V difficulty and about 1 mile in length located on the Big Sioux River. This is suggested only for the very experienced paddler. Many have said it is illegal to kayak the Falls but in reality it is not illegal to kayak the Falls at all. Authorities do highly suggest not doing it but if you are well trained and have intermediate to expert kayak level you can attempt the Falls. With choosing to kayak this beware that it is illegal to swim there so make sure you are capable or rolling (which if you can’t roll you should not be doing this stretch). In the past years people have done this stretch successfully with a well-trained group in whitewater kayaking. I hope to do this stretch someday but as of right now I need more experience on my belt and want to have rolling a second nature. With all these suggestions the number one suggest is to be safe. Always wear a life jacket and go with a buddy. A good plus is a helmet, throw bag, and first aid kit.
“pictures are not taking by blog authors they are found on the following site: http://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/River/detail/id/4081 ”
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