Can this raft survive a Canadian river? - The 12 Days of Newness | Ep 11

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  • Опубликовано: 30 мар 2023
  • THE WOOD RAFT: I’ve lived in Canada before, but I never went rafting, and I’ve never actually built a raft. This first is right where I want to be; in the outdoors, hunting down wood, building something, completely immersed. Joining me on the river is Dave, a local river guide who turns out to be an immensely likeable dude. This was the coldest, most satisfying, life affirming first thus far.
    This is Day 11 of 'The 12 Days of Newness'
    Watch the sereis here: • The 12 Days of Newness
    For all the latest on tours, Patreon, books and other Beauisms - linktr.ee/beauisms

Комментарии • 760

  • @Jiglias
    @Jiglias Год назад +2615

    the fact that Beau has never built a raft before is probably the most surprising thing in this entire series

    • @Charlie1776_
      @Charlie1776_ Год назад +5

      No it isn't

    • @TheKodiak72
      @TheKodiak72 Год назад +48

      @@Charlie1776_ Except it is, he can build beautiful canoe paddles and all sorts of carpentry stuff. But never a craft to use those paddles on.

    • @declan7164
      @declan7164 Год назад +13

      In Australia there’s not many big rivers like this to raft in mostly just little creeks

    • @jannes3290
      @jannes3290 Год назад

      @@declan7164 that true, but it's still surprising

    • @alanaharris9488
      @alanaharris9488 Год назад

      Agree!

  • @DaveMcBride
    @DaveMcBride Год назад +834

    Friends! What an absolute pleasure to show you my favorite place in the world. Thanks for the perfect little adventure. ❤️

    • @ProfessorLX
      @ProfessorLX Год назад +18

      LEGEND!

    • @NZKiwi87
      @NZKiwi87 Год назад +26

      You seem like a great guy, friendly & calm - thanks for helping create this adventure for us to watch! Kia ora from New Zealand 😊

    • @DaveMcBride
      @DaveMcBride Год назад +8

      @@ProfessorLX thanks bro

    • @DaveMcBride
      @DaveMcBride Год назад +14

      @@NZKiwi87 thanks! I learned how to be a class A human from my time spent in your beautiful country. Cheers!

    • @monkeylordofdoom14
      @monkeylordofdoom14 Год назад +14

      Thanks for representing Canada so well man! I'm over in Ontario and you nailed it man, the joyful, kind and adventurous! Good on ya eh!

  • @CommieSatan
    @CommieSatan Год назад +111

    Dave was violently canadian, even for my canadian ass. Absolute legend.
    Great film as always, Beau. I'm happy you took the time to see more of the country I call home.

  • @Just_Me_TG
    @Just_Me_TG Год назад +313

    "A bad raft will still give you a bloody good time" - love that quote, Beau! 😆

    • @pinebearclub
      @pinebearclub Год назад +2

      Bloody, quite literally…

    • @Just_Me_TG
      @Just_Me_TG Год назад +1

      @@pinebearclub that one was a good saw 😉

    • @woody500z
      @woody500z Год назад +1

      I've heard that somewhere else, but the bloke was talking about a bird rather than a raft lol

  • @michaelk5747
    @michaelk5747 Год назад +273

    Buddy has a classic western Canadian accent. From his phrases to his cadence. stoked to hear it on an Australian youtbe channel. I’m sure all the Australian liftys got a little nostalgic hearing it.

    • @dmacpher
      @dmacpher Год назад +5

      Big time on the accent

    • @rsporter
      @rsporter Год назад +5

      ​​@PurpleBirch I mostly associate it with northern Ontario. And he confirmed that's where he's from.

    • @geofflongford2008
      @geofflongford2008 Год назад

      What's a lifty?

    • @jonathanmcauley3798
      @jonathanmcauley3798 Год назад +1

      I couldn't believe he wasn't Scottish when listening to some words!

    • @davidhill2817
      @davidhill2817 Год назад +7

      @@geofflongford2008 Those who work/operate a ski lift. A fair number of Aussies make their way to Canada (Whistler!) for a season (or ten) of working at a ski resort (being a lifty) and snowboarding. Good times.

  • @miacoss9809
    @miacoss9809 Год назад +71

    So beau found the most Canadian version of him possible

  • @casperpoutsma2476
    @casperpoutsma2476 Год назад +934

    Beautiful testament to the strange brothership shared between Canadians and Aussies.

    • @y__h
      @y__h Год назад +4

      Yeah what's up with that

    • @SpaceSoups
      @SpaceSoups Год назад +48

      @@y__h colonies.

    • @Joe-uv9jo
      @Joe-uv9jo Год назад +41

      Children of the British, pretty sure UK, Canada, New Zealand, Australia have a partnership called CANZUK

    • @JeenRsHeart
      @JeenRsHeart Год назад +58

      United in our mutual disdain for Americans 😂

    • @MattMG84
      @MattMG84 Год назад

      @@Joe-uv9jo Nah that's something the British are inventing because they now realize their old penal colonies are better than the motherland.

  • @miacoss9809
    @miacoss9809 Год назад +358

    Whenever I'm nervous in a new place I'm gonna tell myself 'I reckon this new place and I are gonna have a very good day'

  • @Moe5Tavern
    @Moe5Tavern Год назад +528

    I'm German and did my high school exchange in Chilliwack, BC about thirteen years ago, so my heart melted when I saw that my favorite youtuber is making a video on Chilliwack River ❤️ What a place

    • @Jessev741
      @Jessev741 Год назад +11

      I grew up 20 minutes from here and have rafted this river in some sketchy crafts myself!!

    • @christopherstein2024
      @christopherstein2024 Год назад +8

      Chilliwack BC 🔥☣️
      Really one of the cities of all time!
      I have watched all the surveillance videos here on YT of the people suicide crashing with their bikes, driving their cars backwards down the street, pissing out of the car door straight on the street and all that crazy stuff. One day I would like to see this beautiful place and it's magnificent specimens myself.🇨🇦🇩🇪

    • @danbrom88
      @danbrom88 Год назад +2

      So glad our home provided you fond memories!

    • @BK11
      @BK11 Год назад +7

      @@christopherstein2024 The only place I've ever had gas stolen out of my car. The scenery is spectacular though.

    • @christopherstein2024
      @christopherstein2024 Год назад

      @@BK11 Fucken Cory n' Trevor.

  • @patrickstar9684
    @patrickstar9684 Год назад +16

    These two have to be the most Canadian and Australian sounding men to ever exist, both in the same place. Absolutely miraculous.

  • @keneticchannel
    @keneticchannel Год назад +3

    I like to believe that Dave is the mascot for Canada.

  • @ripe.berries9307
    @ripe.berries9307 Год назад +73

    Love the contrast between Australian and Canadian accents.
    Amazing adventure!

  • @archwayfilms4362
    @archwayfilms4362 Год назад +111

    This channel is trying its absolute best to show that story telling is still the pinnacle of good content. Thank you, Beau. Your work is refreshing as it is inspiring.

  • @danbrom88
    @danbrom88 Год назад +60

    Any other Chilliwack locals here gutted they didn't know Beau was in our backyard?!🥲 Great video as always Beau! Always inspiring whilst sharing your life with us. Thank you!

    • @nathanwillms7806
      @nathanwillms7806 Год назад +2

      packraft through there myself! so cool to see him in our backyard

    • @Drive3SIX5
      @Drive3SIX5 Год назад +3

      i live in the okanagan and i feel gutted

    • @thistime1483
      @thistime1483 7 месяцев назад +1

      I'm originally from Chilliwack and couldn't believe when I seen the river.

  • @zhuliut9819
    @zhuliut9819 Год назад +14

    1:27 I love how you're in the middle of the wilderness, at a random place, at a random time, film a random B-roll, and still manage to get a bird centered that shits mid flight. That's Beau Miles for yall & that's why i bought the book!

  • @smokeybarr
    @smokeybarr Год назад +3

    "I come from a..." "a land down under??" 🤣🤣 Touché

  • @mezanian
    @mezanian Год назад +33

    Thanks Dave, for looking after our mate Beau, and for the maple beanz..🤙🤗🌏

  • @kenwebster5053
    @kenwebster5053 Год назад +4

    When I saw this title, I wondered just how much wood is needed to support a human above the water. A quick google search returned that white pine has a density of 350-500 kg per cubic metre. So that gives me a rule of thumb guide that we need about twice the mass of wood below the water line as we have weight above it. So considering that we need some freeboard to both stay dry & provide stability so that the raft doesn't simply flip over if we should happen to be slightly off centre, I'd say we need at least 3 times as much wood as we weight, if we want to stay dry in calm water. That's a lot of wood! Now I'll sit back and watch what happens with that in mind.
    OK, cedar is at the low end of the above densities, so maybe only twice your weight to keep you dry with a small margin for freeboard.
    Yep, it's not just the fly with a blue arse after that one!

  • @elidaw2322
    @elidaw2322 Год назад +2

    1:51 beau calling a bluebottle a "blue-arse fly" might be the most Aussie thing I've ever heard and I'm absolutely here for it

  • @Neoicecreaman
    @Neoicecreaman Год назад +3

    BC is lovely, I recommend stopping by to anyone if you're in to nature.

  • @niklaspilot
    @niklaspilot Год назад +57

    Honestly, I want to be more like Dave. Such positivity, it's admirable

  • @MegaMEGATRUCK
    @MegaMEGATRUCK Год назад +17

    There's no better representation of Beau being an outdoorsman + digital content creator than him building a wooden tripod to mount his GoPro onto

  • @aszalai86
    @aszalai86 Год назад +56

    This is my favourite series on YT right now... Inspiring me to just go out and do things that I like instead of planning them forever.

  • @tdb7992
    @tdb7992 Год назад +167

    Canada just looks so beautiful. It's great that we have cousins on the other side of the world who are just as cool as us. I'd be terrified of bears up there though. Our kangaroos look tough but they're friendly guys. Thanks to the Canadian for taking you on the adventure. I hope he knows he has a lot of mates in Australia full of respect for him now.

    • @marthajmm6244
      @marthajmm6244 Год назад +18

      Up north, you make noise as you go and for the most part the grizzlies will melt into the forest: they don't want to have anything to do with us. Then there's bear spray in case you surprise them. I've heard stories about roos and dingoes... it's all what you know. (True, though, I don't want to surprise a bear.)

    • @Jessev741
      @Jessev741 Год назад +9

      It's mostly harmless black bears that just want to eat kelp or berries and be left alone.

    • @wormworm580
      @wormworm580 Год назад +3

      To be fair, there are petting zoos with kangaroos and dingoes, including mothers with joeys. You don’t see petting zoos with bears, and definitely not mumma bear and cubs.

    • @78ABates
      @78ABates Год назад +8

      Watching a mother bear trying to corral her cubs is one of the best things you'll ever see. Watching them raid your bird feeder is pretty good too. But as far as fear factor, a bull moose is pretty scary.

    • @clayrdean
      @clayrdean Год назад

      The bears out there in BC are super friendly. They just want to give hugs.

  • @dfgdfg_
    @dfgdfg_ Год назад +21

    Dave is naturally hilarious 😂

  • @billyfairbank
    @billyfairbank Год назад +1

    "I'm very curious to see if we can avoid injury today." 😂 Always a banger of a video after that sentence.

  • @jamiev
    @jamiev Год назад +3

    No wonder this series was delayed… BEAU WENT INTERNATIONAL!!!

  • @angelinakardakova
    @angelinakardakova Год назад +47

    Dave is a delight!
    And Beau is an immense inspiration to enjoy life, as always

  • @artemis7913
    @artemis7913 10 месяцев назад +1

    Just two buddies buddy-ing down a river. Love it.

  • @JanTuts
    @JanTuts Год назад +2

    Down Under meets Up Yonder, love it!

  • @brodietakeda7851
    @brodietakeda7851 Год назад +9

    Strange to see my childhood river on this channel. This whole video makes me feel as if I am home, the sounds and mountains, riverbeds and forest floors. What a wonderful supprise for a friday.

  • @diskonekted3724
    @diskonekted3724 Год назад +4

    7:30 - "If you can go this way, you'll be happy."
    *Beau just floats the other way*
    Love it :D

  • @ZehoOriginality
    @ZehoOriginality Год назад +5

    As a Minnesotan, this is the closest thing to seeing Beau experience my side of the world. And it's absolutely delightful.

  • @ScrubsIsee
    @ScrubsIsee Год назад

    „This is a fantastic failure!“ - yep. I liked watching it a lot. Thank you.

  • @virtualfather
    @virtualfather Год назад

    At times you are the happiest man alive
    Thank you Beau if I ever make it down under I will find you somehow.

  • @m_lee02
    @m_lee02 Год назад +2

    Canada loves you too, Beau

  • @antonymartin2522
    @antonymartin2522 7 месяцев назад

    Awesome work!! My son just came out and said "That man came and talked to us at our school" You're a bloody legend mate.

  • @pjotrtje0NL
    @pjotrtje0NL Год назад +24

    Fantastic marriage between an outgoing Aussie and the beautiful Canadian woods and waters. And a great music score underpins it. Wow.

  • @joelstewartmusic
    @joelstewartmusic Год назад +5

    well Dave's a legend

  • @StitchingUpChaos
    @StitchingUpChaos 10 месяцев назад +1

    "I'm very curious to see if we can avoid injury today :) " is a deeply ominous line lol .....and then the very next scene is "ah yeah, I'm already bleeding! :D :D :D "

  • @hey.kay.27
    @hey.kay.27 Год назад +2

    YOU'RE IN MY BACKYARD!!
    And you found the Most Canadian Canadian. ❤ Love it

  • @patrickwelsh3394
    @patrickwelsh3394 Год назад +5

    Only channel on the platform where every video will both make me laugh and move me to the verge of tears.
    Also, Dave is as Canadian as they come haha.

  • @severnwomble6036
    @severnwomble6036 Год назад +3

    Terrible raft, awesome submarine! Love it!!

  • @OldManEpic
    @OldManEpic Год назад +1

    Greetings from Canada! Glad you enjoyed our backyard.

  • @sh0
    @sh0 Год назад +1

    As a Canadian who was jealous of watching Beau pop tops all day during his bean diet, I'm somewhat chortling at his surprise we don't have the same lids the Aussies do

  • @traceyjkirkby
    @traceyjkirkby Год назад

    Home sweet home, baby. That’s my backyard river. We welcome you with open arms!!! Fun watch♥️… brave man, that river can rip!

  • @garywarren5048
    @garywarren5048 Год назад

    'I come from.....'
    Beau - ' from a land down under??'
    So quick Beau, love it.

  • @mathieudeforge9787
    @mathieudeforge9787 Год назад +2

    I'm from the northern bushes of Ontario just before it turns Quebec. I have to say Dave is one of the most Canadian men I've ever witness on film, or in person.

  • @HeadlineNews
    @HeadlineNews Год назад +4

    This is too cool! As soon as I saw the intro I knew the river. My mother was raised on the Chilliwack River's banks and I grew up and live very near the Vedder Canal (Which is the lower portion of the Chilliwack River.)
    Love your films Beau!

  • @lucasconner2993
    @lucasconner2993 Год назад +12

    trippy, your river spot is about an hour drive from where I grew up and lived the first 16 years of my life. Its really odd to have watched some random youtuber from Australia for a few years just randomly pop up in basically your backyard praising all the things that were totally normal to you growing up. I mean, the house I grew up in had 12- 300+ year old cedar trees all over the yard, I literally grew up with those cedar trees, they hold such a special place in my heart as your Gumtrees do you for. its honestly great to see you get to experience the beautiful nature that I get to call home. In your videos you've shown in amazing detail the wonderful nature that surronds you, and you've really taken your audience along to almost as if they are right there with you experiencing this scenery themselves. In a way it just feels like its gone full circle, that you've shown where and what is special to you, only to end up in the very place that is special to me.

  • @jasonnikolic
    @jasonnikolic Год назад

    This is the Beau we live for.

  • @counterthis8283
    @counterthis8283 Год назад +1

    a bad raft will still give you a bloody good time is like when a fisherman says a bad day's fishing beats a good days work.

  • @lorcan-luke
    @lorcan-luke Год назад +1

    I'm Canadian but Dave sounds *SO* Canadian with the contrast of Beau's accent.

  • @nickwilde748
    @nickwilde748 Год назад

    Being Canadian this is my favourite video thus far

  • @nils6837
    @nils6837 Год назад +1

    "Warm and fuzzy, like a good Canadian" :D

  • @s10m0t10n
    @s10m0t10n Год назад

    Too short, Beau. Too bloody short by a mile. I was right there with you for the whole river trip, grinning like a fool the whole time. This was truly a great video.

  • @ithulah
    @ithulah Год назад +2

    "My raft was decisive..."
    "He felt warm and fuzzy like a good Canadian"
    I love it.... 😂

  • @erinkent9809
    @erinkent9809 Год назад

    Uuummmm LOVING having a Beau Miles upload on the daily 🙌🏻👏🏻

  • @CKubossek
    @CKubossek Год назад +8

    Nice to see Beau in my backyard! And well done Dave for taking him on a local adventure.

  • @MrSamiboy09
    @MrSamiboy09 Год назад +23

    Ahh man this is bringing back memories! I lived in Canada for a year, as an Aussie who grew up on acreage, I really found myself in that beautiful country. I would go for big runs along the river systems and man they were crystal clear and so bloody powerful. I miss my second home everyday,
    Beau, this series is incredible mate! Top notch content 👌

  • @mosesb2054
    @mosesb2054 Год назад +54

    Love all this regular content Beau! Thanks so much, i'm going on my first solo kayaking expedition this summer down a river in rural wales. Thanks for the inspiration and videos

    • @Dbdilly
      @Dbdilly Год назад

      Which river?

    • @simongumn3154
      @simongumn3154 Год назад

      Yeah which river? I live at the top of the wye is great at the moment but in summer gets pretty low.

    • @kierandaniels9374
      @kierandaniels9374 Год назад

      How long will it take you?

    • @mosesb2054
      @mosesb2054 Год назад +1

      @@simongumn3154 That's good to know, i was thinking of doing the river wye, i hadn't seen that written anywhere.

    • @mosesb2054
      @mosesb2054 Год назад

      @@kierandaniels9374 two or three days hopefully

  • @hayden5581
    @hayden5581 Год назад +1

    Beau trying beans with maple syrup makes me so happy 🇨🇦

  • @Isthisyourhomeworklarry
    @Isthisyourhomeworklarry Год назад +1

    Canadians, some of the best people on the planet

  • @SeanWConnolly
    @SeanWConnolly Год назад +1

    More gold! Sickened this series is coming to an end😢

  • @bw5530
    @bw5530 Год назад +11

    Would love to see you do more videos in the Canadian Wilderness!

  • @ashleyghitter6976
    @ashleyghitter6976 Год назад +1

    Welcome to the Wack !!! Great to have your energy here 🙏

  • @brendanseenan9736
    @brendanseenan9736 Год назад +1

    Best day of 12 yet! A study in adventure and the social. In terms of positive, practical and extremly likeable, Beau has found his match!

  • @Superjimyeah
    @Superjimyeah Год назад +1

    An Aussie and a Canadian is a great mix

  • @emcincosflyingadventures5031
    @emcincosflyingadventures5031 Год назад +2

    cool to see an Alpacka Raft in this video. They are made in the town where I live in SW Colorado!

  • @szxnv
    @szxnv Год назад +2

    cool to see somewhere i live in shown in this video out of all channels

  • @david_nugent
    @david_nugent Год назад +1

    "These kind of experiences are in essence of being human because they compliment an otherwise complicated existence". Seriously profound statement.

  • @ontheroadwithyode390
    @ontheroadwithyode390 8 месяцев назад

    Always fun watching Beau " racing around like a blue ass fly"!

  • @cashiscamping5126
    @cashiscamping5126 Год назад

    I'm a Canadian myself Beau, had to laugh at your enjoyment of the Maple beans. after watching your video ages ago on eating your body weight in beans those are exactly what I ate next, Maple Beans! I also went and picked up litter in the neighborhood yesterday thanks to your video on picking up everything on the way to the tip, your a fantastic spirit and an excellent motivator by way of thrill and inclusion on the simplest tasks that would most likely go undone, Cheers from Calgary!

  • @cameronrich2536
    @cameronrich2536 Год назад +1

    Love how he talks about hopefully avoiding injury and dude already cut himself on his silky saw

  • @jacobriwaka8437
    @jacobriwaka8437 Год назад

    who else would love to see Beau on Alone Australia

  • @WindriderLirian
    @WindriderLirian Месяц назад

    As a Canadian, you found the most CANADIAN-sounding Canadian to go with. That stereotypical accent 👩🏼‍🍳💋

  • @beeroholic666
    @beeroholic666 Год назад

    "... this is a fantastic failure... ". Love his attitude!

  • @NickMoody
    @NickMoody Год назад +22

    Man there's so much I love about this film! BC's nature, whitewater rafting, two lads who just met having a good time, and of course your storytelling and filmmaking. I used t work as a guide myself a few years back in Austria. Dave seems like a cool dude!

  • @MagentaLooks
    @MagentaLooks Год назад +1

    I love that you came to visit Canada!

  • @Gravoli
    @Gravoli Год назад

    Wow, I mean absolutly wow. I've just found you as a Canadian you have really inspired me to go out there and do whatever i want and to stop worrying about things and just live life the way it waas supposed to be man.

  • @andyweir5480
    @andyweir5480 Год назад +2

    I grew up not far from the chilliwack river so it was amazing seeing Beau tear down it on a bundle of sticks! Reminds me of being a kid again.
    It’d be sweet learning about when/why you lived in Canada too!

  • @headspacehiker
    @headspacehiker Год назад +2

    I have ALWAYS lived in Canada (and for a time in Chilliwack) but have not built a raft. Challenge accepted. Thanks for the inspiration to do new things Beau. ❤

  • @privato9238
    @privato9238 Год назад +20

    This was the best one! Laughed so much and you both gave us so much positive energy. And not to forget this beautiful canadian nature! Thank You☀️

  • @shanegk82
    @shanegk82 Год назад +5

    Amazing scenery. Canada looks fantastic.

  • @johnnyc.3261
    @johnnyc.3261 Год назад +1

    Welcome to the Pacific Northwest, happy to have you, enjoy! I hope you’ve allowed yourself a good amount of time to experience the area.

  • @AFMR0420
    @AFMR0420 Год назад +1

    I’ve been watching Beau for a while now, but I subbed today. The content is always great but the best thing is I can’t think of a single time I watched him and he tried to sell/schill something to me. Gonna go through all my subs and use this as the new metric for whether I stay subbed. When a content creator is this good and upstanding, it makes it impossible not to judge the others.

  • @bennybennerson7728
    @bennybennerson7728 Год назад +3

    this might be the most Canadian man and the most Australian man good combination

  • @jimimurray9601
    @jimimurray9601 Год назад +1

    Best one of the series

  • @martinbrandt8592
    @martinbrandt8592 Год назад +1

    Welcome to Canada Beau!

  • @briankuhl9314
    @briankuhl9314 3 месяца назад +1

    What, I've been watching these on and off, and there you are in Canada. Welcome to my country Beau, though I'm watching this year past. And as Canadian I can assert with no particular authority, that good rafts are hard, and yours wasn't bad. Hope you come back do another visit soon.

  • @esarempee
    @esarempee Год назад

    Anything on youtube that has me watching with a big cheesy grin is fine by me.

  • @ImpatientTurtle
    @ImpatientTurtle Год назад +1

    The canadian accent is adorable, love it.

  • @drums4life5
    @drums4life5 Год назад +1

    Hope you enjoyed your visit in Canada 🇨🇦

  • @ksimpp
    @ksimpp Год назад

    Love to see you goofin' around in my home... beautiful BC. Excellent video as always!

  • @TroyErnestEdwards
    @TroyErnestEdwards Год назад +1

    We Canadians and Aussies just get each other, eh?! Nice one ya wild beauties.

  • @kerrieb7473
    @kerrieb7473 Год назад

    I had a ball watching this, thanks.

  • @JoboVentures
    @JoboVentures Год назад +1

    Good one, Beau! Baked beans by the river, a "fantastic failure" of a raft that still gives you a "bloody good time", Dave's positivity. Love all of it! Makes me want to get back into the outdoors

  • @coolbyproxy
    @coolbyproxy Год назад +2

    You've got yourself a very Canadian sounding Canadian to guide you! Excellent stuff.

  • @TheImanuelita
    @TheImanuelita Год назад

    When I was a kid, we used to build rafts from bamboo to play on in the rice fields when it was filled with water. Loads of fun!!

  • @amywill9185
    @amywill9185 Год назад

    Beau is such a joy!