Pizza Rock Beating (Entry #27 Beaters For All 2023)

Check out Colombia based French paddler Mael Nguyen getting a proper beating on the Samana in Colombia running the hard line on Pizza Rock.

« Just back from the Indus river I went for a ride on my home river the Samana and got a huge beat down on the bottom hole of the infamous pizza rock. I broke my wrist in the battle and had to C1 the last 20 km of the river! »

By: Mael Nguyen

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Disclaimer: Originally, we created the Beater For All Video Contest with fun beaters in mind (kayakers getting worked and swimming out of it (or not…) with a smile. However, we have been receiving more and more videos showing scary & sketchy situations, some being real close calls. This created a debate among us, enriched by comments from viewers: should we or should we not show those videos? By encouraging and magnifying carnage and beatering, do we promote it? Do viewers forget the dangers of kayaking? We think otherwise. We came to the conclusion that those videos can be educative and show how dangerous the sport of whitewater kayaking can be, and how nasty and quickly can a situation turn from funny to bad. By showing those videos, we firmly believe that these can create discussions and a space for exchange about what could/should have been done to avoid such situations, which will ultimately lead to increases in safety and river knowledge. Note, we never show videos in which people would get hurt badly, or even worse, showing fatal accidents. Last but least, the videos are submitted by their authors, most time the « victims » themselves. NB, We do not poach videos.

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