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Rescue for River Runners 9: Foot Entrapment

Canoe & Kayak teamed up with open-boat expert Jim Coffey--founder of Quebec-based outfitter Esprit Whitewater Worldwide as well as R3: Rescue for River Runners--and Mike McKay from Five2Nine Productions for a series of whitewater rescue lesson videos debuting exclusively on CanoeKayak.com. Here, in Episode Nine, Coffey explains how to mitigate the risks of a foot entrapment hazard, highlighting three key lines of defense.