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Kenny Ritzi, 46, carries his kayak across dead brush along the river because some parts the creek were filled with trees and brush, and trying to navigate them would be too dangerous.

Photo by Juan Carlo, Ventura County Star

Kenny Ritzi, 46, carries his kayak across dead brush along the river because some parts the creek were filled with trees and brush, and trying to navigate them would be too dangerous.

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  • Kenny Ritzi, 46, carries his kayak across dead brush along the river because some parts the creek were filled with trees and brush, and trying to navigate them would be too dangerous.
  • Kenny Ritzi, a white-water kayaker from Somis, goes through some rapids along Piru Creek. The annual release of water from the lake to the creek gives it more than 50 times the normal water lending itself to playgrounds of rapids. The water released from the bottom of the dam makes it about 50 degrees.
  • Kenny Ritzi gets in the water at Santa Felicia Dam at Piru Lake.
  • Kenny Ritzi, 46, maneuvers through some thick brush and trees along Piru Creek. The annual release of water from the lake to the creek gives it more than 50 times the normal water lending itself to playgrounds of rapids. The water released from the bottom of the dam makes it about 50 degrees.

Like all aspirational adventures that disintegrate to debacle, it sounded like a good idea in the beginning. White-water kayaker Kenny Ritzi heard about the annual release of water from Lake Piru that changes Piru Creek from a trickle to a river with more than 50 times its normal amount of water. To kayakers, dam releases are invitations to playgrounds of rapids they can run and frothing holes they can surf.

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