Other suggestions from the visitors included having a BPRD lifeguard on scene.
The park district also will look at upgrading the air compressor chamber so adjustments to the gates can be made more quickly. Personal floatation devices and helmets designed for whitewater use will be strongly recommended, with signs emphasizing them as standard river surfing gear and "loaners" will be made available through a partnership between the park district, the Bend Paddle Trail Alliance, Tumalo Creek Kayak & Canoe and Cubicle. Justin Rae, president of the Bend Paddle Trail Alliance, which has been involved in the investigation and planned changes, noted "there are no standards for river surfing out there," which he said "is a fairly new sport." But the goal is amid varied skill sets "how to keep it as safe as possible in a whitewater environment."Ī surfing equipment vendor said breakaway leashes could be required to make sure they don’t play a role a surfer who helped pulled the teen from the water said his foot got stuck and the leash wasn’t why he died.
Park board member Nathan Hovekamp later made the motion, approved 4-0, to accept the proposed recommendations and changes, though he and others said they want to closely monitor the situation and discuss how the no-leash issue, among other changes, have worked in a late-summer revisiting by the board. The park board agreed to the proposed changes, including barring the use of leashes in the park, though several surfers later during the visitors' section told the board they believed the leash wasn’t a key factor in the tragedy - that his foot was trapped - and that losing the board without a leash will create more possible dangers as they go downriver. "It's likely he got tangled," she said, "so the combination between the lower water levels, the space that exists between those gates and the leash he was wearing resulted in the accident we saw that day." Throughout the length is black rubber, likely from the protective black around the gates – that’s our best estimate where that came from.” Various structural changes, including addition of so-called “sweepers,” have already been made to eliminate the gaps between the pneumatic gates and bladders that control the shape of the wave and the “static kickers” added to help provide optimum conditions.ĭeputy Executive Director Michelle Healy said Murphy’s recovered quick-release leash was broken off and “evidence showed it was very stretched, which indicated it probably was under high stress.
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