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Description

Sometimes called S-Turn, Cyclops has a large hole dead center of the top drop. The trick is to move either left or right at the top to clip either side of the hole. At higher flows this becomes very difficult to do. The hole tends to flush to the left where there is a good eddy before the bottom half of the rapid which makes a sharp turn to the right through a narrow slot and then turns back to the left. There is usually a hole to avoid on each turn.