FRENCH BROAD RIVER SECTION 8 - MARSHALL TO REDMON DAM TO BARNARD PARK - KAYAKING AND FISHING

Описание: BROOD828 returns to the French Broad River on another one of our home sections. This time Section 8. We start at end of section 7 in Marshall, NC and portage Redmon Dam. From the Dam to Barnard is section 8. 2300 CFS was ideal and were followed by bald eagles most of the day. I am not the most comfortable talking yet, I'm using my new GoPro Hero 12, and this is my first video using Premiere Pro, so there is much to gain from this experience. Our quest is to do every section of the French Broad before we make the entire expedition at once. JMONEY is riding the Pelican Catch 100 Classic and mrcantstandya is on the Lifetime Teton Pro. These boats have and continue to be very good at sections 6-8. Where the boat lags compared to faster boats can mostly be made up with more effort, at least in these sections. New camera with little experience so we missed the best rapids, but will revisit soon and make a small clip of them. Great memories and hope anyone that watches enjoys.

Check out our favorite channel, ‪@RiverKingsKayak‬ . Pete has the best French Broad videos I have seen and great story lines. We got to meet Pete, Kevin, Dirt Dobber, Austin, Adam, and Alan on our first kayak camping trip. It was a great omen since we used the River Kings videos to prepare and learn. Really motivated us to keep pushing and hope to chronicle the journey to share with families and friends. Dan ‪@SouthernPaddler‬ just missed us on that trip, but appreciate his efforts on YouTube and IG and he is also a big motivator for us. He has the best kayak photography I have seen so check out his pages! Hope to see you guys on the water one day!

This video is now a memory of how Section 8 used to be. Much damage was done from Hurricane Helene and our favorite place to go has been decimated. When we checked at the start of the 2025 summer, there was a boat lodged into the ground and most of the dirt was gone. Shipping containers and pipes are amongst the debris that is everywhere. Check out our latest video to see Section 6.7 thru 7 to see how the cleanup is going. The French Broad is healing, but will take some time to fully recover.

























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