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[bergersworth]

Where are these spots? What's in right now - anybody know?

Christian
bergerchristian@yahoo.com

5.4' - 6.5' Center Chute Wave (Class 3)
6.0' - 6.7' Rocha Motel
6.0' - 7.6' Skull Island Wave (Class 2+)
6.2' - 6.6' Dave's Wave (Class 3+)
6.4' - 8.0' Showcase
6.7' - 6.9' Super Dave
6.7' - 7.0' Shoulder Snapper (Sweetie-pie) Wave
6.8' - 7.5' Corner Hole (Fudgepacker) (Class 4)
7.0' - ?.?' Sweetie-pie Wave

[mike18]

Where are these spots? What's in right now - anybody know?

Christian
bergerchristian@yahoo.com

5.4' - 6.5' Center Chute Wave (Class 3)
6.0' - 6.7' Rocha Motel
6.0' - 7.6' Skull Island Wave (Class 2+)
6.2' - 6.6' Dave's Wave (Class 3+)
6.4' - 8.0' Showcase
6.7' - 6.9' Super Dave
6.7' - 7.0' Shoulder Snapper (Sweetie-pie) Wave
6.8' - 7.5' Corner Hole (Fudgepacker) (Class 4)
7.0' - ?.?' Sweetie-pie Wave

You know where center chute is
never heard of rocha motel
skull island wave is on the river right between the put in at Anglers and the chutes (I think)
Dave's wave is just upstream of Sandy Beach
mot sure of showcase (in the fishladder somewhere?)
never heard of Super Dave
Sweetie-pie is in the river left channel just downstream of Sandy Beach
Fudgepacker is on the river left downstream of the MD chute

[MarkInCJ]

There are about 15 playspots on the Po that only Gil Rocha knows about. You happened to list the one's that are in right now. I think Rocha Motel is somewhere in the gorge below Rocky?.

[thewildwaterguy]

theres a couple good waves above little falls at this level too. rodeo zone (river right in portage rapid above s-turn) is going to be in in the coming days as well. One of those 'ask Gil' holes is in the middle channel at sandy beach. you can find holes that nobody goes to - ever as far as i can tell if you traverse the islands in the yellow falls area between anglers and the american legion bridge - at high water. good luck finding eddy service though

[thewildwaterguy]

for sweetiepie and skull island you'll probably need a long boat. rodeo zone and daves wave (sandy beach) were both pretty good today. RZ might still be kicking tomorrow.

[Pete]

The Rocha Motel (named after Gil Rocha) is a raucous hole that is in a chute halfway between ODeck Wave1 and the Maryland Overlook (just downstream of Horseshoe). The Expert Rodeo for 1996 was in that hole, but only a half dozen people had the cahones to go into it.

Super Dave is a super-fast wave that is like Dave's Wave on steroids. It is against the Maryland Wall, downstream from the Maryland Overlook. It has eddy access.

Showcase is in the Fishladder and it is a nice set of waves just upstream of the pipe, which is the starting point for the Great Falls Race.

[thewildwaterguy]

what your calling super dave is a sweet wave. its just upstream of the bridge channel, around the corner? yeah, pretty powerful...
Paul shelp pointed out rocha motel to me, but i forgot the name - its formed by the massive boulder that forms the eddy at odeck. pretty knarly looking.
theres a couple other up there too, at higher water -8 feet? theres a HUGE wave in that area, and lower theres a wave kinda where horseshoe wave is at lower water.

[mcintyre]

theres a couple other up there too, at higher water -8 feet? theres a HUGE wave in that area, and lower theres a wave kinda where horseshoe wave is at lower water.

I posted a pic yesterday in the Creeking gallery of Jason ferrying out to this huge wave in that area. As far as I know, the wave is nameless.

I used to think it was the Zambezi wave but I believe that is actually the second wave (near Horseshoe) that you mention above.

~jeffmc

[thewildwaterguy]

i saw on some site - maybe potomac paddlers, that wave below horseshoe was referred to as 'bloody good'
things were simpler when dave mcintoch's site was active...

[sikdrop]

Clay is the only one to go back in and wins by default. hehe

Joe