Horrific accident
Kayak record holder drowned helplessly in water roller!
Great sadness for a well-known British extreme kayaker: Bren Orton has died in the Swiss canton of Ticino!
His body was recovered in Lake Maggiore on Thursday, the police reported. A sailor had discovered it and alerted the rescue services. Orton (29) had disappeared on the Melezza River on May 16.
"Caught by a water roller and never resurfaced!"
"During a kayak tour with a group on the Melezza River in Switzerland, Bren was caught by a water roller and never resurfaced," Orton's sponsor Pyranha announced at the time.
Showed himself in raging rivers and thundering waterfalls
Orton had tens of thousands of fans on social media. He showed himself there in raging rivers and thundering waterfalls. Over 57,000 people followed him on Instagram to see Orton's spectacular videos.
In 2018, he plunged almost 40 meters down the Big Banana Falls waterfall in Mexico - a world record.
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