Pony Pasture

Here is Dane Goins sliding down to the James

These are actually the steps just below the rapids. To run Pony Pasture walk up the road and look for a good spot to launch.

At 7ft - 9ft Pony Pasture rapid rates a class III, and a 20ft wide 3-4ft tall glassy wave forms in a channel right of center that you can surf all day. Just below, a shallow, flat, sloping rock forms a 35ft wide comfortably sticky hole with a great foampile primed for spins - the exit is to river left. This one is best at 7.2 - 8ft and gets increasingly sticky as the level increases.

To take full advantage, park in the parking lot and walk your boat up the road about a tenth of a mile and find a easy spot within the rip-rap rocks to put on above Pony Pasture rapid.