Rain during the week meant the dam outflow was set to 150 cumecs over the Easter weekend, this with the general flow flow made the Vaal flow just over 200 cumecs. Dave and I headed down on Friday morning and went to Gatsien for a play. The wave at Gatsien was large and bouncy, although were not good enough to make the most of it. It was good times however if you missed the eddy you had to walk back up for the next spanking.
We camped at Rocky-ridge after three failed attempt to find free place to squat. We saw the night in with a soup, braai meat and a bit of whiskey.
The next morning we met a bunch of Explorers in town for a river run. The level had dropped but it was still at a good level to run the river, with none of the rapids being too boney or for that matter big. Dave tried out a wavesport Y and showed everyone how not to do a wavewheel on Big-daddy. The trip was run smoothly, we had lunch at paradise before heading down to Gatsien to play.
Gatsien was a little more kind however still very big and bouncy. James, Dave and I played till we were too tired to walk back up to the eddy.
Awesome trip, killer weather, great water level check out some of the photos Dave took here in the gallery.
