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Jay F-ing Ditty

Larry,
your'e right, i did most things to save weight, but I also cannot stand to deal with anything that impinges on my wrist/paddle mobility... I only wore a shorty if it was over 20, the water temp was the real issue... ;).

google penrith whitewater stadium-he's the manager. I only have his cell, if I can find it, i'll pm you.

I trained in Durango CO(high alpine, really cold), all last winter, and I can safely say that for control, the best thing out there is a ton of wax on the shaft. aside from that, I hate pogies. and usually just let my hand go numb. pogies can work, but I never thought they did much for me, so I just...

email stu Macintosh, Brit that paddled in athens olympics now works at PWS in penrith, he's in touch with every group that paddles in oz. if there are people around, he'll know how you can find them... enjoy it down there, I sure did.
cheers
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pretty much the new kid on the face of extreme kayak racing, ijew, isaac levinson is likely going to take it this year. he beat the record last year, and got 2nd. he's been racing very well abroad as well. it'll be fun to see how people do...

you'd be amazed when you come in for an upstream, and the blade snaps from the torque you have on it, and you flip over the other way... :) i've popped a couple like that, i broke a few CRC's, Galas, only 1 gpower. torque is a strong force... and the shape of the te5 although very powerful on the ca...

last I was there, NOC had one.

go to usnwc, and ask to talk to dave hepp. I know casey just got a new boat. so me might sell his lizard 355. other than that, joel mccune who is sometimes on here, and also email silvan poberaj as they may be getting ready to sell their demo of the "64" from gala.

horizongfx-touche, I am a fan of clean outfitting, but i don't paddle open boats.
gel formula for the win. it was the best re-invention since the mixture of fruit in the fruit cup. before it was just peaches or pineapple... think about it.
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300g with s-glass? that's insanely light for a non-carbon paddle. my g-powers were 600g or slightly more. and the galasport mcq paddle is in a similar weight range. 300g is extremely hard for me to believe... What material is the core of the blade? the TE5 blade from galasport was 370g, and it was s...

hepp will likely be in his scade, tad's got the hundy, he likes it. j f-ing ditty, where are you? what boat are you in?

the green is fo real. fun, but fo-real. i followed cluck down it a while ago, that was a great idea... i think there are a handful of folks here who can do it well... it's too bad Ryan Bahn is out in Bend, and Erik Amason isn't racing either, then it would have been a real race, haha. it's a bumber ...

I know Joel McCune is racing as well...

casey eichfeld was in a c1 there...