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Carol, Sometimes we all have a run of crappy luck. Keep your chin up and keep paddlin'! When you're all healed up and on a good run net year (or this winter) and smilin' and stylin', you'll feel like the bad luck was a silly blip on the map. In January 2010, I crashed my pickup, destroyed my Mad Riv...

I was just cuious...I don't think I'm going to any lengths to avoid using my bags and as long as it is just one leaking, I can keep it in front and keep inflating it (and listen to hear all my kayak buddies joke about how we like to be on our knees etc. etc.) :roll: Usually a skirt comment is enough...

Silly outfitting question: Why in the hades can't we use mini-cell instead of airbags. Airbags are the only part about canoeing that suck...constantly inflating/deflating due to temperatures...slow leaks...take 'em out or leave 'em in on road trips...etc. Besides being permanent, what would be the d...

I like that Blackfly (and probably other) canoe manufacturers make the bulkhead outfitting so tight...gives us a chance to make it as tight/loose as we want. My preference is to be spray-foamed in by a friend after I'm seated! (TIGHT!) I do hate messing with outfitting though...but it's part of the ...

Nice work, broseph. Some of us boat for personal challenge and, considering that you come from the world of super-gnar, you were keeping stride with your lifestyle. You're bad-arse, Wayne.

Take your lumps for while in a used OC1 and then see Jeremy with Blackfly Canoes....he's out of Tilton, NH....and check out the Octane. Word on the water is that it is an outstading big-man's boat! Welcome to the addiction.

For sure, you should check with Cheeks. If, for some wacky reason you couldn't line anything up with him I would suggest that you head out to Ohiopyle anyway. The LY is the most run piece of WW East of the Mississippi and it's almost garaunteed you would run into other boaters at the put in and ask ...

I paddled an Everest exclusively for a year. I can't compare it to anything but open boats and a Wavesport Z but what I can tell you is that the Everest is a forgiving, stable, well-surfacing, fast and easy to roll boat...period. I couldn't boof it consistently but that may speak more of the boater ...

I think I was too busy stylin' my run in the super-dry Ion to give notice. Ion's are the new super-canoe. Just sayin'.

Hey folks...been a while since I've logged in/posted. For some reason my laptop didn't respond well to taking a dive off the kitchen table. Go figure. So, being crippled in the internet realm, I have literally no information on the sweetwater campground or the genereal what's what when it comes to A...

Looks like I missed out. God thing, 'caue i went to solo my loal run and forgot my pfd. Wifey had to run it out to me.

Good vid. The action is very clear. Everything that's been said is good to go. I just wanted to add that my roll started exactly that same way and it IS a lot of pressure on the shoulders when you sweep forward. It works, but it's not as effective in the heavy stuff. Something else to keep in mind f...

I wanna beat this horse! I use Quad/OSI caulk. I apply a small dab beneath the bolt...tighten it down, then cover it over with a little more. Spit on your finger before you smooth it out or risk days of frustration getting it off your fingers. It holds ridiculously well but if you need to get to the...

I know a guy at my pool session wouldn't run his pump. He didn't know if it did damage or not but he didn't want to chance it. There's no reason for a pump at a roll session anyhow.

Any plans for a black Ion? Is it true that once you go black you never go back? Tommy would know, right?