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comments	Time to update the discription on this one. Scudder on the NJ wave side is no longer the glassy wave that it use to be at lower levels - it now a really nice hole at most levels. There has been significant errosion of the riverbed right at the base of the drop. It also looks like some of the base of the dam had erroded upstream which allows the water to flow stronger closer to the PA side of the feature. This has made the drop much steeper. People are throwing crazy loops and land back in the foam pile to set up for the next arial manuver. You can see the changes on the youtube videos by searching "Scudders falls". There is a video from 6/10/06 when the feature was still a wave. The recent videos show the hole. Due to the lack of water I first time I was there to notice the change was on 10/27/07. It was running at 25k cfs. In the past the feature would be washed out at this level with the fourth wave being the only wave surfable. This was not the case on 10/27. The first wave was cranking fast with a lot of aerated water on top. I returned on 11/4/07 when the level was 9k csf and it was a full on retentive hole. Both time I was there recently none of the other wave were anything more significant than swells. I guess it is an even trade. I hope that the it continues to be a good playspot. Has anyone else paddle it a different levels? bob_claudia@comcast.net