2008 Woodie Awards
ISU Outdoor Program Brings "Twich V" Tour to Campus
Anne-Marie Sampson
Issue date: 3/30/05 Section: Life
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The film featured well known kayakers such as Josh Bechtel, Tao Berman, who held the world record for boating the highest cliff drop a few years back, Eric Seymore and a few others of equal reputation for their skill.
The brave and skilled crew started their trip featured in this film in Argentina on Thanksgiving Day. After finding the most outrageous clips of river to boat in Argentina the boaters headed to the Prince William Sound area in Alaska. Once they had managed to hit the unhitable waters of Alaska they were off to Idaho where they kayaked places like Snow Creek and Double Falls. After their successful display of risky boating in Idaho they headed to Washington where they braved drops such as Silver Falls, Hollywood Creek, and Eagle Creek. They ended their filming at Lacy Falls, British Columbia.
The kayakers in this film took huge risks and were fully prepared and well trained for the endeavors in which they participated. Double Falls, Idaho is also now known as Twin Falls, Idaho. One of the falls on this stretch of river is 212 feet high. These boaters pick and choose which falls they will and won't run but high risk is still involved.
"When you're scouting a run is when you have the adrenaline and you are nervous. You ask yourself should I do this or not? Once you commit yourself to the drop that goes away," said Bechtel after the showing of "Twitch V".
Lacy Falls, British Columbia is a 280 foot slide with a 180 foot vertical drop. Tao Berman bravely and successfully went down the falls. He was the only one featured in the video to run this stretch of water. The falls were particularly challenging because it required that you stay upright; the pool at the end was so shallow it could cause an uncomfortable injury. Berman ended up staying upright only at the cost of serious damage to his kayak.
This film was wild and entertaining. It showed some clips of their adventures out of their boats and on dry land. In Idaho they spent an afternoon digging their SUV out of the snow.
They bought two speed boats, lined them up about five or ten feet apart and surfed the waves the speed boats created on the Columbian River. On these waves the kayakers were doing cartwheels, front and back flips in their boats.