We hope viewers and paddlers can learn from watching these entries and can be given knowledge in what to do if something does go wrong when we are out on the river!
Check out the Top 10 winners of Beaters For All 2023 below!
1st Place: #13 Beatering With Style
By: Jessi Gerstner
Wins: $250
2nd Place: #14 Rio Claro Rescue
By: Aniol Serrasolses
Wins: $150
3rd Place: #3 Reinz Gorge Beater
By: Sascha Brigl
Wins: $100
4th Place: #8 Class 5 Kopili Beater
By: Nicolas De La Rosa
5th Place: #11 Ejecto Seato
By: Mathieu Seneca
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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