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I would guess not too many more than 10, but I was wondering if there were secret OC rodeo boaters anywhere.

Are we to count off?

I guess I'll start...

ONE!

I'm definately in North America and have one here. I ALSO have one still in Australia that is for sale (AUS or NZ Paddlers let me know if you are interested!).

My bud Roy (not internet capable) also has one.

So thats, one for Dooley, one for Dale, one for ME and one for Roy... and I get a 1/2 because the other boat was here for a while then left... might come back but maybe not? "Ghetto Johnny" has one as well I think. Paul Mason has one too.

There are at least 2 here in Ontario, Chris in Mississauga and someone else (forgot his name) here in the Toronto area each have one.

Psycho has one too.

a friend has one in Missoula.
i dont know where he is, but theres one here.
-isaac

i have one and a friend of mine has one within a couple of minutes from me,
so that's 2 in cincy,ohio area
i know of one guy in columbus,Oh that has one also

hey dale?
are you going to be at any of the bluegrass wildwater pool sessions on friday nights?
i could still use some help on my rolling, coming along but slowly
thanks
john c.
cincy,ohio

Bring it on Johnny. Pool sessions start december 2. http://surfbwa.org/html/eventsN.html

First thing I would tell you is make sure you don't have too much slop in your outfitting. I've found this to be my biggest problem.

Email me before you come down. acreekfreak at gmail dot com

Pool world vs. Real world.

Pool=warm-n-comfy vs. Real world=cold-rocky-hostile.

Tip#1 When rolling a OC Playboat & most canoes (or practicing in pool) get your torso away from the boat.. simply relying on the paddle and tucking simply won't get you up. Practice throwing your torso outwards and upwards (to the surface) quickly and really getting some good body movement and torso twist to bring you up. Most importantly in my view is to go offsides first... this is the way you are gonna' get flipped anyway!, from an offside position find your right side immediately.. once you've got past fumbling for the setup you'll already be up when "setting up" on the wrong side. As an observation I've watched others and they almost always roll sucessfully when setting up as they are about to go over... this helps enormoussly when playing in holes an you are onside. Our onside is pert-near bombproof.. we get hammered offside 99%... lot's of info there---whew!

Craig do you know any of these guys? It sounds like we need to recruit them for the rodeo tba 2006 open boat rodeo.

i would love to meet up with other oc1'ers ,
very few around here
keep me updated on the possible rodeo, if not to paddle but help out
my skills aren't there yet but hopefully soon
i'm looking to expand my paddling travels more this year coming up, so if there's any other events going on, will someone let me know ,that would be great
thanks,
john c.
cincy,ohio

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