back when we didn't know any better...

[Craig Smerda]

feel free to post embarassing pictures, videos or stories of yourself on this thread.

please allow me to kick this off...

guess how many things was I doing wrong in this picture... back when I didn't know any better.



If you can't laugh at yourself... let other people do it now and then.

[DougB]

I'm not sure if its your upper grip on the paddle or that you're paddling an Impulse

[sbroam]

Ugh - nothing shows mildew like yellow nylon

If you get to feeling nostalgic, I know where an almost mint Impulse can be had - it was never in the water til last summer, then only paddled 3 or 4 times since...

[Bob P]

From circa 1978...

[RodeoClown]

This was my second time in an OC-1 on moving water. I guess I'm just a quick learner?

[kaz]

Excuse my dumbness, but how do I put a picture here?

[Mike W.]

Your photo has to be on the internet somewhere. Go to that photo & right click, then click "properties". A box will pop up. Look for "Address" Highlight & copy the entire address (sometimes it's a much as 3 lines long). Come back to c-boats & reply or post a new topic. Click the box that has "IMG" in it. Then right click & paste the address of the photo. Don't put any spaces in there.

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[Craig Smerda]

This was my second time in an OC-1 on moving water. I guess I'm just a quick learner?

FOUL

now let's see one from when you first started paddling.

[sbroam]

Your photo has to be on the internet somewhere. Go to that photo & right click, then click "properties". A box will pop up. Look for "Address" Highlight & copy the entire address (sometimes it's a much as 3 lines long). Come back to c-boats & reply or post a new topic. Click the box that has "IMG" in it. Then right click & paste the address of the photo. Don't put any spaces in there.

[img]PhotoAddressGoesHere[/img]

Not since the upgrade! You can upload pictures now, too - see "upload attachments" when you reply...

[Mike W.]

Not since the upgrade! You can upload pictures now, too - see "upload attachments" when you reply...

Oh cool! There it is! Thanks!

[eddyhops]

Excuse my dumbness, but how do I put a picture here?

Just send all your embarrassing pictures to me, I'll find an appropriate place for them.


BTW, I'd post pictures of myself from when I didn't know any better, there just aren't any

[TheKrikkitWars]

Guess the mistake that led to the situation in each of these photographs...


I'd been paddling OC for about about 9 months at this point...


And this is me "mid race" a couple of months ago, in my first wildwater race (and first time on whitewater in a Race boat)... the second run was a lot better.

[RodeoClown]

now let's see one from when you first started paddling.

[KNeal]

New River Gorge, Lower Railroad, in my Blue Hole Sunburst.

[tennOC]

Here is the end of my second day in a canoe and my first attempt at soloing. Notice Craig and I have not only the same taste in paddles but grips as well. This was taken 2/28/80 at the takeout of the North Fork of the White River in the Missouri Ozarks. I was with Bob Million in his 17A Blue Hole helping to celebrate his birthday. This takeout had a nice boater-friendly bar on one side of the bridge with a pool table. Later we retired to the empty campground on the other side, built a roaring fire and got drunk on Yukon Jack. Next morning I found my Chuck Taylor boating shoes had lost the tongue and laces to the inferno, thus ending their short boating career.

I on the other hand had found an activity that meshed perfectly with two of my favorite pasttimes- camping and drinking .