The south fork of the New is in North Carolina and is a cake walk. I was in a little Pongo and hubby on our sit-on-top surf kayak. I've done the upper New which only has class 1 and class 2 and one marginally class 3 rapid. I would raft the lower New with an Outfitter, but would never kayak it--I don't really have white water skills. Me be sea kayaker.

Janie