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Evan Garcia Teaches Brown Claw to High School
Evan Garcia describes the dangers of a Brown Claw placed too high. Safety. Safety. Safety.
It’s no surprise all the high school kayakers at New River Academy want to be a pro just like their Bomb Flow idols. It’s a special day for the students at their Pucon, Chile base, aka Pucon Kayak Hostel, as Bomb Flow and Demshitz stars Evan Garcia, Anton Immler and Aniol Serrasolses roll up in their slick new 1,700,000 peso truck. Students flock into safe little huddles nearby hoping one of their idols will say to them, “looking stout kid” or “I saw you brown that slide the other day… stout.” Instead the students awkwardly stand their with fuzzy mustaches and shorts riding low.
“Team meeting! Everyone meet on the deck. Today we’re going to the Rio Nevado and we’ve got some guest coaches. You’ve all heard of Evan, Anton and Aniol.” The student’s have been watching videos of the hucksters every night trying to mimic their stomps and power positions. The thought of running one of Chile’s finest cascade runs, Rio Nevado, with the world’s best stompers has the students in an untypical silent excitement.
Garcia makes the Brown Claw look easy and can brown without looking at his hand.
“If you’re going to be a great kayaker like the Demshitz and Bombflowers you’re going to need one move, the Brown Claw.”
Garcia steps forward and begins explaining the proper height of a Brown Claw, “You don’t want it to be too high… you might open yourself up for an injury.”
Garcia drops his right hand claw from extended high to a comfortable balanced bend. Students study their hands and try to picture themselves doing the brown claw on the local stout “Sweet Love.”
Student Hunt Jennings raises his hand to ask, “Which hand do you use?”
Garcia replies, “Good question. Everyone has a dominant brown hand. Once you become natural the hand you brown with depends on the drop.”
View Video, “How to Brown Claw.” By Hunt Jennings.
Jennings is stunned by the ideal to ambi-brown claw and once again is impressed by the pros.
Garcia helps position Galen Volckhausen's cave-hands.
Brown Tip- Use your knee to naturally fit your claw size and finger positions.
Garcia being as adept at teaching as stomping lines notices a student struggling lacking the dexterity of the brown claw position. New River student and 16 year old Dempoop Galen Volckhausen almost in tears is embarrassed as he struggles to claw his cave-like fingers. Garcia sensitive to the matter patiently illustrates a way to place the brown claw on to your knee to secure the proper sizing and positioning of the Brown Claw.
Again, the go Huge Kayakers are in awe by Garcias ability to simplify the complex move.
Wayne Poulsen sticks a righty brown on the Rio Nevado Cali Slide.
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By David Hughes
Owner Pucon Kayak Hostel
Director New River Academy
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