I did it as a kid. Fun! I also was an avid canoer. Want to Kayak, never have. You, oh Sailor?

Nice! There's a big dusty gulch near me. Until it isn't. A few seconds later, deadly river. If you enter and get stuck, you pay for rescue - aka "Stupid Motorist Law." Really!N :D This is the Santa Cruz River during a "500 year" storm, 1983.