Nashua

7/13/2021 - C-Hole and Nashua River was running at about 2350 and it was worth the hour ride from Boston. Myself, Jay Michaud and Katelyn Ming ran this section and played around in the many eddies and on the very dynamic surf hole/wave. We put-in on the opposite side of the road/bridge from the parking lot, and took-out on river left after C-Hole.

Thoughts: The Woo Woo waves above the hole were good, but maybe just not enough water to make them worth the re-hike. Especially considering that the hole/wave itself was firing. The feature involved a number of different eddy attains to reach at this level, but it was consistently worth it. However, it took about 30 minutes of practice to really successfully start surfing with control on the feature (very dynamic).

In getting on the wave/hole, this was at first a struggle... we tried side-surfing a very shallow and steep hole with a surfer's left angle on the surfer's right side of the feature, but kept getting flushed off before we could correct our surfing angle to a front surf. What Jay Michaud found out was that you could really quite easily float on the boil on surfer's right behind the feature, and you would kind of fall forward off the boil and into a front surf on the feature. Once you manage that a few times, it became easier and easier and you could start working on your moves.

At 2350, things were quite shallow on surfer's right as mentioned above; close to the more meaty/hole-y side of the feature. The river was not shallow in the middle, or on surfer's left, and Jay Michaud put down a loop without hitting the bottom.

Great spot, and would return for more fun at this level.

will add photo when able, until then...

A ton of fun...
June 13, 2013, 8pm, Nashua River, C-Wave Rapid @ ~2850cfs = 5.9', looking downstream from Runnell's Bridge/facing northwest. Park on river L on first R dirt rd. off Depot Rd. at [42.712678, -71.549355]. From shore access the eddy formed by the bridge piling, then the closest two holes in the picture are successively achieved on-the-fly but are very good for spinning and controlled looping at this level - deep and steady! Part of a world-class wave is seen further down on the R side of the drop, though most of it is unseen because it extends under the trees and shadows. Unfortunately it, too, is on-the-fly at this level, but totally worth the effort. The second wave behind it is visible and is a fun ride. The last ledge is the C-Wave on the far R and top of the picture; a bit of a challenge to get to at this level but worthy. The L edge of the ledge is easier play, with excellent eddy service, and a paddler in the shot shows the scale. NOTE: there is a new NO TRESPASSING area on the river L property below the ledge, which cuts off easy portaging back to the parking, forcing an effortful ferry from the ledge to stay upstream and legit. GoogleMaps marks the R bank below the bridge as 'Runnell's Bridge Land' which appears to be an easy and legitimate access back to the bridge and to re-run the world-class wave. Enjoy! d.

anyone out there ever go here? it's right in my backyard and i'd love some company.

-nick
(essitam on northeast paddlers message board) npmb.com)

wow didnt think id ever see this here