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- Tue Dec 24, 2013 8:26 am
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: An Honest Salesman
- Replies: 17
- Views: 13798
Re: An Honest Salesman
One advice, go find some coaching (by preference of a coach that paddles these short boats). The prelude is an amazing canoe, but has a really steep learning curve, especially if you haven't been too often in another whitewater canoe. With coaching you can prevent falling into bad habits, that work ...
- Mon Nov 18, 2013 2:21 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: space between foam and thwarts
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3594
space between foam and thwarts
Hi guys, A technical question for the outfitters amongst you. I'm putting a new bulkhead in my L'Edge. Now, when I'm placing back my thwarts, there is about 2 mm space between the thwart and the top of the saddle. Should I add a thin layer of foam (maybe neoprene?) to fill that space, or is a bit ok...
- Thu Oct 24, 2013 11:50 am
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: Boofing: lean back, forward, or neutral after hip-thrust?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6886
Re: Boofing: lean back, forward, or neutral after hip-thrust
Quite some time ago, I saw a series of 2 paddlers boofing next to each other on a small drop, Dooley was one of them. I think it was on FB. And you could clearly see a big difference in how the boat moved around. Dooleys boat was near horizontal and cleared the better part of the lip. The second pad...
- Wed Oct 23, 2013 2:47 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: Mohawk Phiend what happened?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4078
Re: Mohawk Phiend what happened?
They announced a new boat in 2014, so I suppose that'll be the Phiend.
- Tue Oct 22, 2013 6:41 am
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: Whitewater Rating System - Is It OK As Is?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 12551
Re: Whitewater Rating System - Is It OK As Is?
Additional point to ponder is that boating technology has evolved (Options, Ledges and Octanes) which helps in mastering particular runs more quickly. When you look at kayakers almost all are in high volume riverruns that reduce the impact of "operator error" as to reading the water and chosing a l...
- Mon Oct 21, 2013 5:55 am
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: Whitewater Rating System - Is It OK As Is?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 12551
Re: Whitewater Rating System - Is It OK As Is?
The hardest guiding I've ever done was on a continous grade II, with competent paddlers, and blind 90° corners every couple hundred meters... . Paddling continuous class III; III+ felt a lot more intensive and harder to me then a II/III river with a couple longer IV rapids but in a drop-and-pool cha...
- Mon Sep 02, 2013 11:11 am
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: Canoe instruction... why do so few of us pay for it?
- Replies: 81
- Views: 41068
Re: Canoe instruction... why do so few of us pay for it?
Waw, interesting thread! I only drop in now, because I was away coaching ;-). I guess I'm a bit of an exception here, I've come across 10 different coaching, and I regret none of them. It just becomes harder to find coaches who can step up your game, unless you're lucky to find the right coach at on...
- Mon Aug 05, 2013 6:23 am
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: European Cboat Armada 2013, Berner Oberland, Switzerland
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9878
Re: European Cboat Armada 2013, Berner Oberland, Switzerland
Very very late, and it's kind of a quick edit, but here is the video with the footage I gathered. There are a lot of brilliant stills available, but fixing all the video formats already consumed a lot more time then I wanted. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghsD944mA_Y&feature=share&list=UUz__fQ1MVyj...
- Fri Jul 26, 2013 11:13 am
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: What happened to Mohawk Phiend?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5423
Re: What happened to Mohawk Phiend?
Hi guys, we've moved on another 2 months now. Hope you didn't encounter too much trouble finishing the machine. But I'm afraid so, since it seems to be taking much longer than expected. Or you guys must be secretly testing the new boat ;-). Richard seems to be boating quite a bit recently :D :D . An...
- Mon Jul 15, 2013 8:34 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: Help Choosing my First WW Solo Canoe
- Replies: 17
- Views: 12819
Re: Help Choosing my First WW Solo Canoe
Try before you buy is an often given advice but useless for quite a few relative beginners, since they can't get an idea of a boats capacities in a a short run. Some real nice suggestions have been made (probably some others will pop up). But I'd say, try to find a good deal on a zoom, spark, zephir...
- Mon Jul 15, 2013 12:17 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: Ocoee vs Viper 11
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3192
Re: Ocoee vs Viper 11
I've had both, a viper 11 and an ocoee (Bell though). A bit of context, I went from a Viper11 to a prelude to an Ocoee and added a L'Edge to it. Primary stability: the Ocoee feels to me in between the Vipe11 and the Prelude, so less then the Viper11, more then the prelude Secondary: very good for bo...
- Thu Jul 11, 2013 10:57 am
- Forum: C Videos
- Topic: The next generation....
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7111
Re: The next generation....
great to see youngsters on the river! But shouldn't they be wearing pfd's and hlemets when messing around in rapids?
It's probably an inspiration for which boats to choose for their 10 year old paddlers.
It's probably an inspiration for which boats to choose for their 10 year old paddlers.
- Fri Jul 05, 2013 9:14 am
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: Hip pads...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5702
Re: Hip pads...
I've added hip pads recently to my L'Edge, and I'm wondering why I've been paddling without for such a long time! I used to have hip pads in my prelude, but they weren't snug enough. Hip pads don't necessarily make rolling easier, but it sure improves your boat contact. I've solved the wet exit issu...
- Fri Jun 28, 2013 6:49 am
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: Ocoee tripping?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4360
Re: Ocoee tripping?
The Ocoee is a brilliant boat. And you'll love getting back into it from time to time, coming from the Spanish Fly. Both are cool, and you'll appreciate the differences between both as well.
Just not the best tripping boat though, gt another one .
Just not the best tripping boat though, gt another one .
- Wed Jun 05, 2013 3:26 pm
- Forum: CBoat C Forum
- Topic: shaping minicell...
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8766
Re: shaping minicell...
I wish I had a reciprocating saw, the ones where the blade goes straight out of the motor housing.. they make smaller ones now, that you could actually use on a built-in saddle. I had a bad buy with a Black-and-Decker scorpion, it doesn't take regular reciprocating saw blades. I'm now looking into ...