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Unbelieveable. You've got to hand it to this guy, Bradt -- after all that talk in AW the other month, he sure went out and backed it up (if the reports that he was successful are true).

Alden

Louie, I thought you were kicked off Boatertalk?

Interesting. Nolan doesn't agree with you guys though: "Despite the danger, Whitesell says he loves big water paddling far more than some of the other 'emerging trends' he sees in the sport. 'Sliding down wet rocks has never been my cup of tea, he says." http://www.paddlermagazine.com/issues/2000_2/...

That's great, Adam! Good luck.

Just as a side note to the original poster: great user name! Love that album.

Alden

EZwater -- good one!

Oopsflipped -- yes, I have been down the road of pain in the T-grip arm. I wrote a whole article about it in Let It Rain.

Alden

Well, I guess not!

(Or dare I say, "C the new article"?) Pretty neat -- a former member of the "dark side" took up C-1 and set about debunking some of the uninviting notions surrounding cboating -- that it's painful, that outfitting is too hard, etc. This guy even claims he likes . . . well, you'll just have to read i...

You're one of a kind, Smerda. One of a kind.

Thanks for bringing this to our attention, Adam. It's such BS what's been going on up there at the West!

Alden

That's funny. Here's something from a current boat designer himself, Eric Jackson, about copying boats in the early 1980s: "Meanwhile, the club bought a Phoenix Savage fiberglass kayak, and my dad made a mold from it. Over the winter anybody who was a member of the club could come to my house and bu...

That's great!

Now, I've never met Louie before -- is that him pictured on the shirt?

Alden

Craig Smerda wrote:

Alden wrote:I'd have to go with Wisconsin.

it's the cheese

I like this one:

http://images6.cafepress.com/product/11 ... _Front.jpg

(Sorry, I'm not quite to Craig's level of posting images!)

Alden

Yes. And I hear "Zedtech" has a new boat out too:

http://www.vajdagroup.com/canoes-kayaks ... by-zedtech

(You mean my "Lezard" isn't a real boat -- it's a copy? At least I still drive my trusty Toyosta.)

I'd have to go with Wisconsin.