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Tahiti Rapids?
Not sure if that's where I was but I was at a nice play wave. I parked at the Sandstone Park lot where you walk out on the boardwalk to view the falls from downriver. There's a huge exposed shelf type rock at 2.72 that creates a campground sized eddy. In the river center there formed about a 4' beautiful wave to surf and play in. Just wanted to post this because I couldn't believe the my son and I had this spot to ourselves and a few spectators from the boardwalk for the whole afternoon. Definitely worth checking out this wave to have some fun. The link below also has some footage from Brooks Play wave it's not very big at 2.72. Definitely not as big as it looks in the photo.
https://youtu.be/OXPVXxx5SJ4

View from Camp Brookside cliffs on river right

View from Camp Brookside cliffs on river right

View from Camp Brookside cliffs on river right

View from Camp Brookside cliffs on river right

View from Camp Brookside cliffs on river right

Too bad no eddy service. Walk back up is quick and easy though.
It looks super retentative but its not. Needs corners to be a really good wave. Still great fun though.

Nice drop to learn on. No consequences.
Nice park n play waterfall.

Good overview of rapid. Class II ledges w/ some III thrown in at the end.

Picture quality was crappy so I photoshopped it into art.

Notice juicy hole just to right of tongue. Its a keeper. I can attest to this by personal experience.
Nice surf at this level but too shallow for ends. Wait for 3.3 - 3.5 ft to throw down.
View from bottom center.
Traditional line rides the river left tongue. Notice keeper hole just to the right. Its nasty.

From Robert Martin 2001-01-15 19:02:34

If you ever have a couple of hours to kill on a Sunday afternoon on your way home, check out Sandstone Falls. It is awesome. They have a nice park there with a boardwalk that will give you access to the many veiwing points. It could be run (sneaked) on the far far left. The center of the falls is a good 20'+ vertical drop and the right line is a class VI monster. 'It's not for runnin', it's just for lookin at.'

This is where I wish that I hadn't left my floatation back in Ohio...

Guess I didn't need floatation afterall... until later...

Approach to Brooks at a nice river level... yes, it was cold

I feel guilty. I've done this drop so many times that its not even a rush anymore. It was the first time I did it though, believe me.
PLEASE BACKENDER ME! PLEASE!

Safe drop. Good to learn on.

Too shallow at this level for ends but excellent for spins.

Goofing off on the slide. No real consequences.
Nice shot showing the runnable section at optimal level.