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Riverboarding
An awesome new water sport in Malaysia that left me gasping for air as I clambered out of the river exhausted at put-out point. I had just completed a wild sleigh run down several kilometers of the Kampar River.
This adventure has you fully suited up in a dive wet suit, personal floating device(PFD/life jacket), dive booties, fins and a funky 'speed racer' helmet. In the river, you will ride on a plastic board or river board with handles. After a thorough theoretical/practical lesson on the riverboarding gear, technique, safety and basic lessons on river flow, you start kicking your way down to your first rapid. Fear mixed with adrenaline confuses your mind. Before you can react, the current sucks you into the whitewater, your grip tightens on the handles, your screams disappear into the rapids and the waves slap you silly as your mind frantically races to remember your earlier lessons on handling the board. This scenario continues on battling your body weary till the very end!
In the water for Riverboarding trainingOn occasions, participants were knocked off their boards then sucked and spat out by nature's wash machine. Hey, don't worry, there's always a rescue guide nearby to throw a rescue rope!