What kind of paddler are you? How hard do you paddle?

[Craig Smerda]

But I don't really care how you make your sammich. That's for you to decide.

Yup... as long as you're eating sammiches and enjoying it... to each their own.

Tasmanian Devil butter? Dang, that's hardcore.

Don't knock it until ya' try it brah!!!

Hope you have a nice "lunch"

[cheajack]

David, You and Wendy gonna spank the Monkey in that thang?

[ncdavid]

Nah, just a section of the French Broad. Paddling with the folks from Davidson Outdoors. And buying Wendy's Fly for Corinne.

[mahyongg]

So, I like to option three, option one, two, maybe four when someone invents a body-time machine.. that makes me 16 years old again. I could also relearn making snail bacon sandwiches, with all the info I just got here. would rid me of those dam snails in my yard and in turn yield more zucchini, too.

Btw. another option I've been constantly thinking about is to go paddle easier water with less indestructable boats. Planning to build a skin-on-frame version of something like the spark soon, maybe even a L'edge stripper.. then destroy it as fast as impossible without getting any splinters.

Btw, has anyone ever thought about a oc1 ww pakboat? A friend owns a thrashed Ally, maybe we can make that work.

Then, try converting K gear to C gear.

The biggest challenge of all: Change the European Canoe Nomenclature, back to where it belongs and Canoes are named Canoes (no canoé-kayak, canadian canoe et al. any more), kayaks are kayaks and Qajaqs are paddled on the sea where they belong ;D

Another one: Influence your canoeing friends to colour-coordinate their gear so you can still see (&save) them but don't get eye cancer every time you look at their blue boat, red helmet, green wetsuit and yellow PFD.

Now those are challenges that interest me. Oh and paddling harder WW, of course! Or paddling anything, which I feel still helps me get better at WW canoeing with every time I get on the water, in any boat, any water. Funny eh?

Jan

[RodeoClown]

Another one: Influence your canoeing friends to colour-coordinate their gear so you can still see (&save) them but don't get eye cancer every time you look at their blue boat, red helmet, green wetsuit and yellow PFD.

Be like Dooley...


...Though that might not meet the "still see them" criteria.

[Dooleyoc-1]

Haha! Good one Jeremy!

[Jim Michaud]

Age: 72
When I use to be a young stud in my 50s it was all about adrenalin. Instead of a big adrenalin kick I now get a sense of relief. I therefore stick to mostly class IV rivers and I stay away from the hard class V stuff. I still challenge myself but I don't overdo it. Paddling an OC-1 is just too much fun to quit.

Jim

[FullGnarlzOC]

I hear ya Jim. Hope to see you on the Dryway this upcomin weekend. Always a pleasure to paddle with you.

ran into a 'craig and joe' today that said to say hi

[yarnellboat]

Noticed a good article in Rapid today (didn't read it the first time through because it's about a kayaker) - it's about experience, and how to keep paddling hard as long as you want, and how people get hurt. Worth a read.

Tomorrow will be a "full" day for me, steppin' up to try a new-to-me run, out towards the limit of my abilities, or at least my comfort zone. Lookin' forward to it, though I couldn't care less if there's any kayakers there for us to impress!

Pat.

[FullGnarlzOC]

Good to hear Pat! Hopefully you rocked it. - There will always be kayakers to impress other days.

remember... all ya gotta do is put a little doubt in there head that perhaps they should be trying 'something else'. Maybe then eventually boat sales will go up, and prices down.

[jakke]

Another one: Influence your canoeing friends to colour-coordinate their gear so you can still see (&save) them but don't get eye cancer every time you look at their blue boat, red helmet, green wetsuit and yellow PFD.

Hmm, I was just thinking of getting me a flashy blue or green helmet, added to my red PFD and my yellow-blue or black drysuit. All combined in red or orange boat... . Think we should not go for a paddle anymore then .

Maybe we can measure or commitment to the sport by how well our gear is matched together or how much we've spend on gear?

Nice we're getting some cooking tips here as well, now I can stop my subscription on that cooking magazine

[french erick]

I don't hit hard lines, hard lines hit me

Paddling is new and exciting. I don't paddle enough to make rapid progress but I'm content with progress thus far.

I aim at being able to paddle my local river in its entirety when I visit home on Holidays at mid flow:
http://www.rafting.co.uk/Ubaye-River-Rafting.htm

Paddling I really enjoy, yet i'll always come after my telemarking in 1) and my climbing in 2)...all of which after my wife.

I'm 32, going to be a dad in a few months. I don't think it'll change anything in my committment except that I'll be knackered for a few months and therefore will commit less. In the head no change.

Interestingly, after having become fairly proficient in previous sports I have nothing to prove to anyone.
As a young skier/boarder...I put myself out there all the time. Being in my teens needed recognition from the world.
In my mid twenties, in my climbing phase, I only demanded a bit of respect from my fellow climbers (which I easily got).
In my early 30s in my paddling I expect nothing more than laughter and friendship , as I have nothing to prove but to myself. Anyway, at this stage I seem to paddle mostly alone so not even getting that.