I've only been on one a few times and mostly enjoyed it. The last time I dumped pretty much all my handties and my other good stuff that was all in the same box in 10-12 ft of really cold water off a dock. On the main lake and wasnt paying attention and just barely opened the box open to pick out my next color and got hit by a nice wake that pushed me into the pole beside me. Grabbing the dock kept me from swimming but out spilled everything in my box. I had no dry clothes packed and we were a long paddle from the truck so I couldnt complain.......too much lol. A handful of lessons learned in one moment.