Pleins de potentiel au Lac
(english below)
Aujourd'hui, après le travail, Jonathan Boily (membre de l'équipe canadienne junior) et moi-même sommes allés pour une petite séance rapide sur Detonator à Alma, au Québec.
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| Jonathan Boily en amont de la vague |
Malheureusement, le niveau était trop élevé pour la vague épique, alors on a décidé d'aller jeter une petit coup d'oeil en amont sur un rouleau sous les pelles de crue.
Normalement, il y a une petite vague lorsque la porte est ouverte et que le niveau du lac est bas (comme au début du printemps).
Mais comme j'ai travaillé l'automne depuis les 6 dernières années, je n'ai jamais pu aller vérifier en Novembre, quand ils abaissent le lac pour l'hiver, s'il y a de quoi d'intéressant.
Donc, avec moins de 20 minutes d'ensoleillement, je découvre finalement et surtout je pagaie la porte avec pas mal de débit!
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| Premier coup d'oeil |
Puisque nous ne voulions pas franchir ce rapide dans l'obscurité, nous avons décidé d'avoir un seul surf chacun mais nous planifions déjà y retourner avec plus de temps!
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| Pleins de potentiels!!! |
After work today, Jonathan Boily (Canadian junior team member) and I went for a quick surf on Detonator in Alma, Quebec.
Sadly the level were too high for the epic wave so we decide to go for a quick look upstream at some flood control gate. Normally there's a small wave when the gate is open and the lake level is low (like early spring).
Since I have been working in the fall for the last 6 years, I never could go check it in November when they are lowering the lake for the winter.
So with less than 20 minutes of daylight left I finally see and paddle the gate with water!!!
It's a nice wave with a lot of potential with a small hike up. Only be aware that you may have to run 500m of big water class IV if you miss the eddy after it. And since we didn't want to run that rapid in the dark, we decided to have only one surf each but we will be back with more time on our side!
Sadly the level were too high for the epic wave so we decide to go for a quick look upstream at some flood control gate. Normally there's a small wave when the gate is open and the lake level is low (like early spring).
Since I have been working in the fall for the last 6 years, I never could go check it in November when they are lowering the lake for the winter.
So with less than 20 minutes of daylight left I finally see and paddle the gate with water!!!
It's a nice wave with a lot of potential with a small hike up. Only be aware that you may have to run 500m of big water class IV if you miss the eddy after it. And since we didn't want to run that rapid in the dark, we decided to have only one surf each but we will be back with more time on our side!
- Patrick Levesque
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