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Thanks everyone... It's good to get some positive encouragement. This week seems to have slipped away due to life's little obligations (I would prefer to paddle, but my bosses want me to work :P ). It's been pretty busy this week compared to my usual this time of year. I was also intending to use so...

Ok, I may be cocky, but I'm not afraid to admit when I'm slightly freaked! So... I just paddled an OC1 for the first time in 14 years(... on flat water...), but I'm determined to become a solid OC boater. I'm an experienced raft guide and fairly solid class 3-4 kayaker, but my heart has always been ...

Thanks so much for the advice and info from all. I've been to western and looked at all the boats, but now I'm on vacation on Vancouver Island so I have time to make up my mind. I'm going to have to get together with some of the locals when I get back home. I am starting to consider L'edge vs Octane...

Sadly I can't make the tamahi day since I'm on a brief vacation. As for the type of water, it varies alot with water level. At high water it is pushy big water, and at low water it is tight, technical, and rocky. Wouldn't the black fly option be very expensive to ship to Canada? Thanks for the advice.

After reading the intro to the beginners section I am posting this here. I apologize if it belongs in that section. I'm currently looking to get back into whitewater canoeing, but my only local shop(western canoe in Abbotsford BC) doesn't have demo boats. They cary Mohawk, Mad River, and Esquif. May...