Snow Kayaking

[chrismetalrock]

you can tell its 1991 from that jacket hes wearing. from the jacket that badass is wearing*

[DaniellaThePinkGirl]

dumbest shit I've ever seen, but brilliant

[js0t0sj]

U guys take kayaking to new heights :)

Cool video

[giuseppeliverino]

interesting, I didn't know people were doing this! though in this video it looks like you don't have much control on the kayak...I will try to find more videos to compare! thanks for sharing

[riverba1]

That was awesome! Great new sport.

[igorandreev33]

бля а как чувак откопался то

[elmotreacy]

3:36 owch

[Dominataaa]

Awsome!

[blarg4847]

Funny how the kayak is called a free fall :D

[whopperman98]

What boat is that?

[damongold]

@whopperman98 dagger freefall LT. i use a jackson superstar now!!

[SuperGrrrrr]

why was that dude wearin a life jacket? haha

[damongold]

@SuperGrrrrr it helps cushion impacts from rocks!! no really it does

[AntonioX77]

@SuperGrrrrr to get warm

[AntonioX77]

crazy fucks! respect

[CanadianKayakers]

Your video has been featured as the Kayaking video of the day on the CanadianKayakers website!

[MattySP34Ks]

damon gold is MAD...<3 kayaking...never tried snow kayaking...but OMG that was good...try that in a jackson you'll die :P

[bouncer2005]

nice

[clairmatinaustralia]

my Uncle, C.Castelain died doing this!

[tcorbaci]

idiot

[specs23]

whoa...amazing vid

[mmschweizer]

I'd like to see you use a smaller playboat with a surfing hull. (Flatter on the bottom). I think it would give you more speed and control and you could carve turns faster. Nice vid but it hurts my back just to watch it!!!

[klinessd]

you know why long boats are all pointed don't you?. . . . to spear playboaters

[Ravenkliff]

me and my friends did this today! but, like, on a much smaller hill. It was AWESOME!

But this guy is like the king of it.

[IAMLEGEND30]

VERY VERY FUN VIDEO! FINALLY 5 STAR

[victoriaxmae]

that looks so so fun, but so so dangerous LOL

[arcticarnie]

I've had a black & white photocopy from an old fishing mag of the cliff jump at 1min 5sec on my wall for years. fishing mag long gone, glad to finally see the video!!!! Very Cool!!

[damongold]

@arcticarnie i still have about 1000 posters left i never sold, hit me back ill send you one!!

[arcticarnie]

@damongold Like I said, You Rock Buddy!!

[zombino87]

the easiest way to break your back

[zombino87]

but very funny

[T1mma22]

basically bad ass sledding

[Burningpoodle]

Lol he has a PDF on

[ErickAvanaq]

I love when he's paddling on snow lol

[mbebeli]

you are a king

[MrCrooked6]

that looks so much fun

[TheBamakid]

dang

[DAVESMOMHASAIDS]

dude is out of his rabbid mine

[georgeou]

I guess he must not care about his spine. Sitting on a rigid kayak with no shock absorbers has to be nasty.

[Dafidd]

still looks like a shitload of fun to do :D

[threefourandfive]

its called powder

[AJcore8698]

@georgeou

It's a risk that is a part of the sport and we all take pre cautions to help protect our backs. This is an old old movie. If you notice how he was leaning back every time he went over a cliff it looked like a lot of impact when he landed. If you look at newer youtube movies, we have developed ways to land properly that hurts a lot less. Never the less though, spine damage still occurs.

[damongold]

@AJcore8698 the reason for leaning back in the air is to balance the boat for an even landing, you must hit the snow at the correct angle so the will be no impact. also snow conditions have to be perfect to pull of airs of 30 or more feet. there is always the chance of injury but in all my nearly thousands of airs the only injury i sustained was breaking 3 ribs when i impacted a huge rock at 45MPH and that run had no air, it was a steep couloir that had a really tricky exit.

[amarolucani]

wonderful

[nikoseaton]

what can you do with a motored kayak with surface drive

[KateJeffers]

holy shit that amazing!!!

[UrUsoBu]

Pretty sweet, there were some good drops. You are always in the back seat though, I might try moving the seat back if I get a chance anytime to snowyak. You should try for some ollies and kickflips, maybe?

[damongold]

my new boat fixes the back seat issue and i have a whole quiver of new tricks including cartwheels and backflips. posting soon.....

[freedomfascist]

this guy prolly doesnt have children... str8 badass tho!

[delawarehookset]

big burly balls

[apritchard25]

Pre-boof pain

[kgc20goober]

i like how he,s got the B.A. on in most of the pics just for padding etc lol.

[czechkayaker]

I agree the river is the place for me especially since I live in Texas not much snow here. Cool video though, this guy has some guts.

[CourtyardPigeon]

WTF is that music? I want to stab out my ears!

[snoman715]

how do u get back up if u flip the kayak?

[martietherocker]

on water u roll on snow ur stuck

[kayakNY]

That's inspiring! We did something like this last year at the Fish River but we launched into the Fish after a long slide through the snow. You really get up the speed when you hit the water! Why do you wear the PFD?

[kayak123456789]

i think i will stick with the river

[Bloodgod40]

Looks like it would be very easy to screw up and go rolling end over end all the way down the mountain.

[MidgardEagle]

I have to try this some day!

[lobster5777]

And I thought i saw a bunch of nut cakes, last year, in Alps with kayaks hanging from roof racks.

[contactjones79]

dude...you are awesome!

[Dan9156]

sikkk!! i wanna have a go!!

:P

[nowevolve]

Boof!

[Musikdose]

awalanche danger??!!

very cool

[20bigal06]

ha looks fun

if there was like a pond down the bottom and its all frozened and u crash into it u would still float again

good idea of sport

[LOStMarMOT]

haha we do this on a ever so slightly smaller scale (a tiny cornish hill!!) at college when it snows!

scary but well worth it!

[elishaletunovskiy]

lucky! i never thought of snow kayaking! awsome!

[envirobiker18]

ive deffinetly been sno-yaking and it is a blast fo sho. All you bored kayakers in the winter should get out there and sno-yak it up!!!!

[awahlrus]

hahaha!! I love it.. surfers, skiers boarders.. we're taking over! So WATCH OUT!

[johnnycrankshaft]

shoulda thrown a boof at the end there. bad ass vid thanks for sharing bro.

[allth3s4me]

well I just took glasses for this vid, it still doesn't look like you could go everywhere with this boat O.o

[allth3s4me]

as we can clearly see it's really uncontrollable.

[damongold]

then it is time for glasses. in the early days i had to manhandle it a bit, but now i can go almost anywhere a skier or snowboarder can as long as the conditions are right.

[coldflesh]

OMG im doing this

[XxXxMaDiSoNxXxX]

haha yeah i would love to try it!

[XxXxMaDiSoNxXxX]

i should so try that!

[damongold]

you live in a great place to do it all it takes is some snow, a hill and the nerve to go for it =)

[cjmccoy11]

This is great...

cj

[Derek2722]

How fast can you get going on one of those things and how do you stop?

[damongold]

the fastest i have been clocked at was 62mph. if you consider the air shot at 1:09 i am close to reaching terminal velocity 114mph but thats in the air not on snow. (with the right conditions 90 is not out of the question.) as for stopping, just carve, the newer boats i use are much more controllable then the old freefall i used 15+ years ago in these videos.

[dupeglavac]

Holy shit!

[madmiguelh2o]

With modern playboats it should be easier....Right?

[damongold]

the answer is yes it IS much easier in modern boats, if you were to read the description this footage was shot 17 YEARS AGO!! i keep all my current footage off the net until i have made sufficient monies selling it as stock.

[rollingthunder02908]

I have 16 ocean kayaks in Puerto Rico and would love to see you do that with one of them. The only problem would be straping yourself in! Great Video!!! Maybe I will make a video of me trying to surf on the kayak, What a wipeout!

[1coppereye]

ok now maybe I takes me dagger into the snow!!!

[tubeneophyte]

The best yak on snow footage I've ever seen. A plastic surf kayak with fins would really excell at this (unfortunately only one manufacture has ever made one).

[damongold]

i would love a liquid, but i would take the fins off, when the snow is fresh you dont need fins. i use a jackson superstar now and it works great.

[alexbolton72]

tht looks wicked fun!

Im impressed

[Harvey600]

Wish we had snow like that in the UK!

[robco1]

I'd be really impressed if he pulled a C to C.

[damongold]

look at 3min. 11sec. i did

[robco1]

Holy crap. I was joking. You are one sick puppy!

[justinsmovies]

Great work.

[56aipc]

did he not know that lower down it would be warmer and the snow would be water? i cant honestly see the point..try playboating

[damongold]

warmer weather is 2.5 hours away, my way i just get to the top of the sierra crest and point the boat west!!!

[56aipc]

yep fair enough then.

wot temp u sorta talkin bout?

looks pretty sketchy though..definatly have some nerve to do it!

[ozfak]

all slow motion huh? lets get some normal speed action shots

[damongold]

watch it again, they are grouped around 3min. in, but do occur throughout the video

[evilpunksters]

THAT ROCKED!bet it got ur adreneline pumping!

[callumjmritchie]

that is awsome where do u do it

[damongold]

Donner Summit, CA. also Blackwood Canyond and Homewood Ski Area!

[NukaRider]

That is so sickk

[chromers247]

god damm you rock!!!

[q1013575]

respect to you brother!

[CharlesMonroe1989]

damn nice!

[frikinzero]

no life jacket? awesome video!

[mrjetdude]

dude thats amazing!

great way of getting ur boat up

were is that??

can wait till it snowas to take my boat out

loving the purplr deck :)

[dgold585]

uncle damon could you take us snowyacking some time???? looks fun! the golds

[kayak247]

dude that looks so fun i love it in the on river but in the snow down huge hills that would just be kick

[martulda]

Geate videos! Nice jumps - and we are stowing our kayaks for winters... Mart

[ethan159753]

wow thts amazin i go kayakin on white water but never snow lol

bet ur neoprene spray deck came in handy on tht lol nylon decks would be crap in snow lol

[nandyman]

Dude, you ain't no kayaker. stfu.

[scotsmanlerxt]

You are flippin' crazy!

[BCromantic]

Just remember to remove the skeg, haha.

[damongold]

i am not sure i know what you are referring to ???

[gibsoncantidio]

I never saw snow in my life cause Brazil dont have. cya guy

[inferno1163]

kids, dont try this at home

[dontknow023]

is that jus a normal kayak or is it special made for snow?

[damongold]

no special kayak here, i use the kayaks i get for filming in the rivers so modifying them for snow is pointless, besides the newer boats (jackson superstar) have such sharp chines the terrain and tricks i do now are lightyears beyond the stunts i did in this footage shot almost two decades ago !!

[tseast]

That was fantastic,although that last landing finishing in a face plant didn't seem to end well. Nice touch with the BA and spray deck too....

[Turkej]

wow, that´s a bit harder :D

[kayaksurfcantabria]

you are the god of the snowkayak, we are fond jeje... I hope that you find sponsor. Very good the video

[StArkEY999]

did any1 die in the making of that?!?!?!?!?!?

[mpage3]

Awesome. Brings back fond memories of ten years ago (sadly no video) when mates tied a rope to a spud behind my car on ice (-14) in lake district. Very hard landings for Chris Gunton. Where is he now? xx

[Chompchompyerded]

LOLOLOL!!! Duh, when he planted the nose at the end, why didn't it just bob to the surface? High braces, low braces, air braces, he does it all!!! Also, that water is about as white as it gets.

[tyrr1988]

looks like he is going down a very steep river :D

woold like it when there were mountains and snow over here. But to taken my kayak to the Alps just for this?

Gras also works, but hard landings ;)

[abalsiger]

that was awesome.

[krockhouse]

what about snow-yhating?

[damongold]

that IS the natural progressoin, however i can't find a yacht company willing to sponsor me!!! so until such time i am only yaking.

[MyChemicalRomancez]

lol hes so stupid hes damaging is kayak by doing that becoz kayaks is fragile

[abalsiger]

trust me kayaks aren't fragile. you don't make something intended for riding down rivers full of rocks and make it fragile. those landings he has are softer than a most kayak drops in water.

[chipsrabbit]

haha thats crazy shiz

[mallon42]

I wouldn't dare try that in my sit-on-top yak but looks fun... I wanna see a guy land nose first vertically and have the front of the cockpit cut his ass in half!! lol

[Zed5500]

Great Video. Excellent kayaking skills. This is something I have always wanted to do, but no snow where I live just year round kayaking.

[bettermoviemaking]

awesome, that last drop looks painful!!

[nathans213]

hell yeah thats sweet

[svivekvarma]

Lol... that's what i call a dedicated kayaker .. winter and snow wont stop him from getting in it .. hahaha