The footage was taken on a recent Jersey Canoe Club trip to the Gulf, an inland sea which boasts tidal flows of up to 9.4 knots.
Standing waves are created when fast-flowing currents hit an underwater obstruction, like a weir, rock or reef and circulates back on itself. John is actually pointing upstream into the flow of water.
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