We would rather run the Stones river on a weekday. Less boat traffic with the weekend amateurs safely trailered and out of the way, and serious glass is available, with just some curious fisherfolk to dodge (unfortunately, some line-hangers aren't overly pleased with fast-moving sportcraft pulling various toys through their otherwise placid and boring existance...but that's tough. We live for this stuff.)
Amateurs, don't try this...shooting pics in a narrow river channel while running an Air Chair rider under I-840 on the East Fork of the Stones River. It takes years of experience to do this right, and I can't recommend this to anyone...else.
An Air Chair is one fun toy to ride. There's some risk-taking in Air Chair riding...you have a 3-foot metal 'sword' attached to a post-chair and a half-ski on top, and a hydrofoil on the bottom. The trick is, keep the hydrofoil under water, and ride up as high as you can, without breaking the surface..at least not unplanned. If you lean back, the foil will push you up; sometimes dramatically. The rider and chair leaves the water, and is airborne. Sometimes that isn't a good thing...having that heavy apparatus come down at will at an odd angle can stress a body.
And, the hydrofoil and 'sword' can catch whatever is under the water's surface...sticks, fish, you name it. Even trash or leaves can accumulate on the foil ruin a ride.
Here's something you don't see often in Tennessee, a native Prickly Pear in bloom on the riverbank. Of course, I cultivate the things at home. This one is living across from the Jefferson Springs put-in (15 on the map...we usually put in at 16-West Fork; most of these pics are taken on the West and East Forks, between 16 and 19.)
We ran until near-dark. At the takeout, West Fork.
We would rather run the Stones river on a weekday. Less boat traffic with the weekend amateurs safely trailered and out of the way, and serious glass is available, with just some curious fisherfolk to dodge (unfortunately, some line-hangers aren't overly pleased with fast-moving sportcraft pulling various toys through their otherwise placid and boring existance...but that's tough. We live for this stuff.)
Amateurs, don't try this...shooting pics in a narrow river channel while running an Air Chair rider under I-840 on the East Fork of the Stones River. It takes years of experience to do this right, and I can't recommend this to anyone...else. 
An Air Chair is one fun toy to ride. There's some risk-taking in Air Chair riding...you have a 3-foot metal 'sword' attached to a post-chair and a half-ski on top, and a hydrofoil on the bottom. The trick is, keep the hydrofoil under water, and ride up as high as you can, without breaking the surface..at least not unplanned. If you lean back, the foil will push you up; sometimes dramatically. The rider and chair leaves the water, and is airborne. Sometimes that isn't a good thing...having that heavy apparatus come down at will at an odd angle can stress a body.
Here's something you don't see often in Tennessee, a native Prickly Pear in bloom on the riverbank. Of course, I cultivate the things at home. This one is living across from the Jefferson Springs put-in (15 on the map...we usually put in at 16-West Fork; most of these pics are taken on the West and East Forks, between 16 and 19.)
We ran until near-dark. At the takeout, West Fork.
