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I'll be there, though only paddling on the ly showin' first timers down
If you see someone in a solid yellow large burn it's probably me
Call me out! I don't think I know any of y'all

Cosmik,

had I known I would have introduced myself, that was awesome! I'm just getting into the scene here after being around for a year or so, probably be at the upper yough fest next weekend. Lemme know if you'll be there and I'll look for you, I'll be chillin' with sean devine/geoff calhoun/etc ...

Ryan Bahn's runs were sik, that guy's really fast!
there was a guy behind me on the rocks below grace filming that yelled "take that you f***ing kayakers!" as ryan ran by during his first run and launched himself off the little ledge thinger at the bottom, it was pretty great.

fyi, lvm mentions ...

Hey Folks
I'm interviewing around now since I'm about to graduate and I've been invited to interview in Newport. Any of y'all familiar with the boating scene around there or I guess the Boston metro area too? Thanks!

-Drew

Thanks for the responses all!
I forgot to mention one very important thing, this would be on the inside of a plastic boat (Large Flirt) instead of a composite boat (my bad, sorry!). If I remember right, the thin foam layer was to make it so that a crease wouldn't form at the edge of the glass or ...

Hey folks
Anyone tried laying some glass or carbon fiber on the inside of the base of their c1's hull to stiffen it? Methods I've heard about (but never seen) involve laying down a layer of 1/8" foam and then a layer or two of glass or carbon over that, but I haven't been able to get any info ...

I was in an OC1 for the first trip in the whitewater canoe class I took, but moved into a cascade from there and OC1 is just a novelty for me now

I had a dagger kingpin 6.3 that had 56 gallons and it wasn't enough for me at 215 lbs. (probably 220 w/ gear)
I've got a large flirt now and it's pretty much perfect (and I'm closer to 210-215 w/ gear now), it definitely has a lot more than the advertised 58 gallons because I put it next to my buddy ...

sorry to hijack the thread, but is there ever going to be a plastic big boy?

i'd never thought of building a support for the backbrace, I'm gonna have to do that with my flirt!

joe stumpfel, one of fluid's resident C1 badasses
he's a manager for springriver in rockville actually, pretty friendly guy

looks to me like they got too popular, bandwidth limit exceeded

I'm 6'2" and ~215, learned how to C1 in a cascade, and now paddle an H3:255
it's not a playboat, but it's an easier transition than going from a cascade to a spud boat (I already made that mistake, killed my paddling confidence, doh!)

pros:
better secondary stability
easier to manuever (doesn't ...

I use an airliner seatbelt and it works pretty well, definitely doesn't slip, really easy to release
the old VW seatbelts are similar to the airliner belts and probably easier to find on a VW enthusiast parts site

what's wierd is I know a chris kelly in atlanta who cboats and spends a lot of time in the kiddy pool