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Video of a guy in Japan doing an ender
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 2:40 pm
by Dooleyoc-1
Pretty cool. Saw this on youtube. Makes me wonder how many open boaters there are outside of North America?
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 2:41 pm
by Dooleyoc-1
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 3:12 pm
by John Coraor
Nice roll, too!
Kaz has taught a slalom clinic in Japan before; he might have an idea how popular open canoes are over there.
John
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 3:27 pm
by Dooleyoc-1
Yeah, there was a video of an open boat slalom race in japan on youtube too. I'd be curious to know how many people enter the races over there.
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 3:28 pm
by PAC
I know we have a few lurkers from Japan with a couple occasionally posting as well!
Now I wonder if an Pacific rim armada/alf event would be in order.
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 5:05 pm
by kaz
Count me in for the armada! Nihongo-ga wakarimas-ka?
There are many open canoe paddlers in Japan and all types of rivers to paddle.
Jkaz
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 6:51 pm
by Louie
In the early 90's we shipped as many container of canoes and butt boat to Japan as we did to Europe, from Dagger that is and we had quite a few Japaness vistor to the plant as well.
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 4:19 am
by Craig Smerda
kaz wrote:Count me in for the armada! Nihongo-ga wakarimas-ka?
There are many open canoe paddlers in Japan and all types of rivers to paddle.
Jkaz
A few of them apparently got bored with slalom training and found playboating though buddy....?
Maybe you can bring a playboater on the next trip... and his wife and daughter... maybe his dog too.
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 4:42 am
by Gigi
There were Japanese guys at the World's rodeo on the Ottawa in 1997. But they did not like horseshoe...
Gigi
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 5:59 am
by xmas0c1c1k1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wxDTiXw ... re=channel
C1 guy in japan..
I'm in korea but haven't had a chance to check out the whitewater scene yet seems more kayak based here
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 10:52 am
by Louie
duh
when you get to a country where there are more canoes than boats with trainin blades gives us a shout and we will move there, as of now it is the southeast just slightly ahead of Canada. However do check out the boatin in Korea I have a job comin up ther in about six months or so.
Re: Video of a guy in Japan doing an ender
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 12:10 pm
by Motoari
Kon nichi wa
I think there are not so many single paddlers in Japan.
Feb 7, 2009 local slalom race was held in Mitake Valley
in Tokyo and participants were......
K1 : 25
OC1: only 2 (me and Taro)
Race Video is here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_pGdtX1wI4
Paddling the blue RUMBA in the video was not me.
I rent my boat to a friend of mine Mr. Taro
who is Japan national team kayaker.
It was his first experience to paddle the OC1.
I tempted him to switch from yakker to single paddler.
In spite of serious depression, many OC1 paddlers in Japan
purchase new boat.
Kaz san exports lots of INFERNO to Japan.
Maybe single paddlers in Japan become increase ?
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 5:02 pm
by Paddle Power
Both those youtube videos showed (I think) great looking paddles. Any ideas to what they were using for paddles?
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 6:30 am
by Lennart
the paddles could be double dutch ,
They look to me like they are
I saw some kayaks as well from them in the vid.
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 9:13 am
by Motoari
Hi Paddle Power san,
Taro san use my paddle.
It is Caiman RAAB SLALOM with aramid/carbon shaft.
http://www.caiman.cz/
Also Double Dutch and Gala sport are popular in Japan.
http://www.doubledutch.nl/
http://www.galasport.com/