Demographics 'ala C-boats?

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Post by Louie »

SEX: Male
STATUS: married with five kids
HEIGHT:5-8
WEIGHT: 160
I.Q.: who knows? did break the 6 figure income last year
YRS PADDLING: 40 but only 30 for money
DAYS PER YEAR: rain dependant
ANNUAL ESTIMATED MILES DRIVEN FOR PADDLING: not many but the Tellico, Pleatue and Ocoee are less than 50 miles aways BUT IF YOU COUNT THE DRIVES TO MEXICO A LOT
WEEKLY TIME ON INTERNET RELATED TO PADDLING: depends on work load

WW C-BOATS PURCHASED NEW: 25 or 30 when at Dagger with the team member discount
WW C-PADDLES " " :a bunch but only two good ones
LIFEJACKETS " " : a bunch but only four I would want to be seen in
HELMETS " " : a bunch but only one good one
BOOTIES " " :0
DRYSUITS " " : 1
SPRAYSKIRTS " " :? WTF is that
THROW ROPES " " : 2
AIR BAG SETS:" " : 20 or so but I have 38 boats so I am going to have a lot some even hold air
KIDS THAT PADDLE: 5
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Post by John Coraor »

AGE: 53
SEX: Male
STATUS: married with 4 kids
HEIGHT: 5'8"
WEIGHT: 215 (groan) lbs.
I.Q.: see "STATUS" above
YRS PADDLING: 30 (with 12-year hiatus between first 21 & last 9)
DAYS PER YEAR: 40
ANNUAL ESTIMATED MILES DRIVEN FOR PADDLING: 6,000
WEEKLY TIME ON INTERNET RELATED TO PADDLING: 2-4 hrs.

WW C-BOATS PURCHASED NEW: 0 (inherited 1, built 2, converted 1, rebuilding 1, bought used 6)
WW C-PADDLES: 12
LIFEJACKETS: 3 (for myself) + 9 (for kids, wife, etc.)
HELMETS: 1 (for myself) + 9 (for kids, wife, etc.)
BOOTIES: 1 pair (for myself) + 6 (for kids)
DRYSUITS: 0 (but have dry top & dry bib combo)
SPRAYSKIRTS: 2 (for myself) + 9 (for kids, wife, etc.)
THROW ROPES: 2
AIR BAG SETS: 3
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paddler survey

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hey craig
you omitted the most important question of all! where do you go to view the bubblestreet comic. I suppose the perceived importance of the question depends on your viewpoint:-) well back to finishing todays comic should be up in a couple hours.
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Post by insolence »

AGE: 22
SEX: FEMALE
STATUS: happy relationship with the man of my dreams
HEIGHT: 165 cm
WEIGHT: 53 kg
I.Q.: I'm a cboater to the core, truly addicted to the single bladed paddle, don't even know how to kayak........... ;) guess
YRS PADDLING: 4
DAYS PER YEAR: too few, but most times excercising 4 times a week on artificial parcours
(I'm trying to become a slalomist, wich being a woman and living in my country is a hard thing to do....)
ANNUAL ESTIMATED MILES DRIVEN FOR PADDLING: 1000 km???

WEEKLY TIME ON INTERNET RELATED TO PADDLING: (depending on season, workload, C-forum activity and purchase intent) 1-2hrs

WW C-BOATS PURCHASED NEW: none - always got the rotten used ones
BOATS I OWN: 5 ( 1 marathon solo touring, 1 slalom C1, one freestyle, one whitewater, 1 tandem touring,)
WW C-PADDLES " " : 2
LIFEJACKETS " " : 2
HELMETS " " : 2
BOOTIES " " : 1 pair
DRYSUITS " " : zero
SPRAYSKIRTS " " : 2
THROW ROPES " " : 1
AIR BAG SETS:" " : 1 for my WW C1
KAYAKS CONVERTED: 1 (and my playboat wich has already been a conversion when I got it)
it's gettin hot
I MAKE THE WATER BURN
purple orange flames
blaze where I put my paddle
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Post by Craig Smerda »

seriously folks... this thread is from 2003 :lol:

i had hair back then...
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Not me.
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Post by Craig Smerda »

:lol:
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Post by AYockey »

Your right, I should have started a new thread just to compare to this one. We could have seen how many boats have been gathered since then and how few were let go.
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re: Demographics

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AGE: 57
SEX: Male
STATUS: Married
HEIGHT: 5-11
WEIGHT: 220
I.Q.: Yes... Maybe? Uhhh...
YRS PADDLING: 7 WW (47 flat water)
DAYS PER YEAR: 40+
ANNUAL ESTIMATED MILES DRIVEN FOR PADDLING: 10,231.4
WEEKLY TIME ON INTERNET RELATED TO PADDLING: 1-3 hrs.

WW C-BOATS PURCHASED NEW: 1 (Used: 5)
WW C-PADDLES: 4
LIFEJACKETS: 3
HELMETS: 2
BOOTIES: 6
DRYSUITS: 1
SPRAYSKIRTS: 1
THROW ROPES: 2
AIR BAG SETS: 3
HAIR: Less than Craig and Kaz put together (From the nose up. Just the opposite from the nose down.)
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Post by Carol »

Age: 54.

Sex: female

Status: married to my stern partner, honeymoon on the Middle Fork of the Salmon.

Weight: none of your business.

IQ: smarter than most blondes.

Years paddling: 18.

Days per year: 20 to 25 lately. Paddling is a dying sport in my part of California

Annual estimated miles driven: 3000.

Weekly time on Internet: about one hour.

WW C. -- boats purchased new: 3.
WW C- boats purchased used: 4
how many I still own: 4 -- 3 Dagger Dimension's and one Dagger Encore
life jackets: 2
helmets: 1
booties: 1.
Dry suits: 1
throw ropes: 2.
Airbag sets: five end sets, 2 center sets
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