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- Wed Nov 26, 2014 7:54 am
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: Update on Mohawk
- Replies: 12
- Views: 12811
Re: Update on Mohawk
Thanks for the update Richard. Mohawk has been an important player for quite some time and it'll be great to see your next design and material. May you sell loads of them. With the trend to shorter boats, there's some exciting choices for many ww canoeists now, but not for everyone... will Mohawk ha...
- Tue Nov 25, 2014 12:08 am
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: A bad break
- Replies: 45
- Views: 27251
Re: A bad break
FYI Mark, on the local Vancouver (BC) forum, there has been talk about doing a group buy from Blackfly...
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- Sun Nov 23, 2014 3:39 am
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: A bit scared....
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18878
Re: A bit scared....
Around here there are about 3 new faces expressing interest in getting good at solo ww canoeing, they have their boats and are ready to go (which I see as different than someone wanting try ww canoeing, starting with basic tandem). All of these folks came forward to get on the river in Sept-Oct. Upo...
- Thu Nov 20, 2014 6:26 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: A bit scared....
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18878
Re: A bit scared....
Nice Einar, I hope that Ian (and Roger C and Rachael) take you up on this, and that they continue to get offers from other folks too. Hopefully we can get all 3 of these new folks into the Tamihi Five-0 next year! As you reaped, so shall you sow. I guess that's what it comes to do as far as building...
- Thu Nov 20, 2014 3:53 am
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: A bit scared....
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18878
Re: A bit scared....
Wow Rick, you make me feel so pessimistic (and hopefully I am, not paddling will do that to a guy), but we see things differently... I can't say anything about the club on the island, but my whole point is that the Vancouver club does not have it nailed as far as training! The basic, intro training ...
- Wed Nov 19, 2014 7:50 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: A bit scared....
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18878
Re: A bit scared....
Finding certified instructors is one thing, finding an actual course is another! We know the 6 ww instructors RCABC lists in the Lower Mainland, and there seems to be a few others as well listed on Paddle Canada, though I've never known them to paddle ww, 2 or 3 of the 6 from RCABC I don't think eve...
- Wed Nov 19, 2014 4:03 am
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: A bit scared....
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18878
Re: A bit scared....
Hmmm, Einar, so Paul offered a course on the Chilliwack back then too? Guess I was relegated to the "rookie camp" on the Cheakamus and wasn't allowed to play with the big boys. Proof that Paul's courses work I guess, because somehow I did get better after that, so maybe there's hope for CanadIan. Bu...
- Wed Nov 19, 2014 3:57 am
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: Just curious
- Replies: 15
- Views: 10722
Re: Just curious
I can save up for a new boat much faster than I wear out, or otherwise grow tired of, a current boat. So, saving the cash is not the problem; the problem is convincing me that there's a new hull or material worth buying! Even then - I'm convinced the L'Edge Lite is worth buying for me - but I haven'...
- Tue Nov 18, 2014 11:09 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: A bit scared....
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18878
Re: A bit scared....
Doesn't Roger C. who came to watch the T50 have a L'Edge too? If so, Ian would be the 4th L'Edge in the valley (making the valley 100% L'Edge, because that's everybody, and they'll run into each other eventually), plus Ken in Vancouver would be 5. That would probably make the L'Edge the most popular...
- Tue Nov 18, 2014 7:46 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: A bit scared....
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18878
Re: A bit scared....
You're right Brian, but you can probably bump your classes down - there might be class II instruction available, but nothing really more advanced than that - I'm not expecting instruction for "class IV and beyond" (I don't even want to do that!), but advanced class III instruction would be nice. Can...
- Mon Nov 17, 2014 9:08 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: A bit scared....
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18878
Re: A bit scared....
Yeah, I was there, nervous to backferry across the gentle class II Cheakamus in my new-to-me 14' Old Town Otter! That must've been circa 2001. And then Eli was in the neighbourhoodd last summer. That's basically been it for us. Though Roger & Allyson offer good courses and the local club serves it's...
- Mon Nov 17, 2014 7:36 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: A bit scared....
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18878
Re: A bit scared....
The best thing you can do is get some quality instruction. Unfortunately Paul, that's an almost impossible proposition in BC! There's not even a handful of instructors here in ww solo. If one could find an instructor, the courses may be seldom and/or far away, and are pretty basic (though maybe tha...
- Tue Nov 11, 2014 5:53 pm
- Forum: C Videos
- Topic: Canyon Creek, WA
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11015
Re: Canyon Creek, WA
I could do the very bottom part of that run.
Gutsy run. On AW there's no less than 7 runs called "Canyon Creek", which run is this one? (So I can avoid it!)
Pat.
Gutsy run. On AW there's no less than 7 runs called "Canyon Creek", which run is this one? (So I can avoid it!)
Pat.
- Sat Nov 08, 2014 5:05 am
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: Thinking outside the weld
- Replies: 27
- Views: 15195
Re: Thinking outside the weld
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- Wed Nov 05, 2014 11:32 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: Choosing a boat?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 18878
Re: Choosing a boat?
Ian, What did you buy and how's it going with the practice? FYI, over on the local forum, some here in Vancouver are looking at doing a group buy from Blackfly. Given the reviews here, and having sat in an Octane 91, I was surprised to see in Blackfly's specs that the weight range for the Option (22...