C-Boaters with nose plugs?

KNeal · Post by **KNeal** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 6:27 pm

FullGnarlzOC wrote:...and maybe....juuuuust maybe... I'll get a treat for a good post!

Nope. No treat. You just get to continue posting on this forum.

PatrickOC1 · Post by **PatrickOC1** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 7:49 pm

FullGnarlzOC wrote:Patrick - if a guy was wearing elbow pads.... you say "dude....you got elbow pads...fire it up!"

Thats what im saying Tommy ...... seem to only give slabs of granite "the peoples elbow" when I leave those in the truck

gumpy · Post by **gumpy** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 12:54 am

When you jump in a pool do you hold your nose? (& close your eyes?)

Mikey B · Post by **Mikey B** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 2:03 am

I have plugs on my helmet straps, but really only use them on manky rivers where the water isn't so nice

which is usually something like the East Race after a heavy rain...definitely not nice water.
I have to close my eyes as I'm a contact wearer...but occasionally have opened my eyes and not lost a lense yet. Wish I could keep my eyes open though!

hankrankin · Post by **hankrankin** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 3:32 am

Mikey B wrote: ...use them on manky rivers where the water isn't so nice...

Manky is a term used to refer to rapids with low water and lots of pin spots/sieves etc.

gumpy wrote:When you jump in a pool do you hold your nose? (& close your eyes?)

probably

PatrickOC1 wrote:
gumpy wrote:weraing noseplugs are kinda like expecting failure, betting against yourself...why not just portage? or better yet, walk out. you prolly shouldn't be runnin this one anyway.
same could be said for wearing a full face helmet.....

Communication with ur paddling buddies/crew/team etc. is dangerously reduced with a fullface. Cause you cant say everything with hand signals.

Smurfwarrior wrote:Says the guy with a hockey helmet (yes I know you upgraded to a proper helmet, but I still get to tease you about it )

good burn and great initial post.

As for nose plugs, i only wear them if it hasnt freshened up in awhile

gross

clarion · Post by **clarion** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 1:03 pm

I lift my head so early I don't need nose plugs

TheKrikkitWars · Post by **TheKrikkitWars** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 3:51 pm

hankrankin wrote:
Mikey B wrote: ...use them on manky rivers where the water isn't so nice...
Manky is a term used to refer to rapids with low water and lots of pin spots/sieves etc.

No, thats how *YOU* use it...

PatrickOC1 wrote:same could be said for wearing a full face helmet.....
Communication with ur paddling buddies/crew/team etc. is dangerously reduced with a fullface. Cause you cant say everything with hand signals.

Speak for youself, my buddies manage just fine (both running whole rivers wordlessly through hand signals and speaking to each other wearing fullfacers).

hankrankin · Post by **hankrankin** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 4:11 pm

TheKrikkitWars wrote:
hankrankin wrote:
Mikey B wrote: ...use them on manky rivers where the water isn't so nice...
Manky is a term used to refer to rapids with low water and lots of pin spots/sieves etc.
No, thats how *YOU* use it...

PatrickOC1 wrote:same could be said for wearing a full face helmet.....
Communication with ur paddling buddies/crew/team etc. is dangerously reduced with a fullface. Cause you cant say everything with hand signals.
Speak for youself, my buddies manage just fine (both running whole rivers wordlessly through hand signals and speaking to each other wearing fullfacers).

Krikket, I know you live on the other side of the Atlantic so I would be interested to know how you use the word manky or is it even a term y'all use? And yes I have made plenty of runs using just hand signals, but everytime I've had to speak through a full face I have to pull the mouth cover down to be heard

KNeal · Post by **KNeal** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 5:46 pm

hankrankin wrote:but everytime I've had to speak through a full face I have to pull the mouth cover down to be heard

That makes me think of this--

http://youtu.be/bdb2w1Yu97E?t=7s" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

manky [ˈmæŋkɪ]
adj mankier, mankiest Slang
1. worthless, rotten, or in bad taste
2. dirty, filthy, or bad
[via Polari from Italian mancare to be lacking]

Always happy to be of assistance

hankrankin · Post by **hankrankin** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 6:55 pm

KNeal wrote:
hankrankin wrote:but everytime I've had to speak through a full face I have to pull the mouth cover down to be heard
That makes me think of this--

http://youtu.be/bdb2w1Yu97E?t=7s" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

manky [ˈmæŋkɪ]
adj mankier, mankiest Slang
1. worthless, rotten, or in bad taste
2. dirty, filthy, or bad
[via Polari from Italian mancare to be lacking]

Always happy to be of assistance

Kneal, did u notice Bain (the bad guy) wears a Fullface and batmans jaw/mouth is exposed!

Inflected Form(s): pad·dled; pad·dling \ˈpad-liŋ, ˈpa-dəl-iŋ\
Etymology: origin unknown
Date: 1530
1 : to move the hands or feet about in shallow water
2 archaic : to use the hands or fingers in toying or caressing
3 : toddle

PatrickOC1 · Post by **PatrickOC1** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 7:08 pm

gumpy wrote:When you jump in a pool do you hold your nose? (& close your eyes?)

Well now you have me thinking, I dont hold my nose jumping/ diving or even swimming under water... So I dont know how that translates to a nosefull while in a boat...you would assume that would carry over.

and I roll eyes open

, but close em while jumping or diving

Alot of quoting going on on page 3

TheKrikkitWars · Post by **TheKrikkitWars** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 11:26 pm

hankrankin wrote:Krikket, I know you live on the other side of the Atlantic so I would be interested to know how you use the word manky or is it even a term y'all use? And yes I have made plenty of runs using just hand signals, but everytime I've had to speak through a full face I have to pull the mouth cover down to be heard

The meaning (and as KNeal shows, dictionary definition) is something which is dirty... Like the water of bubbly creek for instance.

It got co-opted into paddling slang (on both sides of the pond) as describing a run which is not "clean" that is, it's chossy, has blockages, or generally has a lot of objective hazards... But that doesn't overide the original meaning.

I can hear my friends just fine when they're wearing full facers... maybe you're not close enough, aren't speakng loudly enough or have conducted excessive team safety meetings and are unable as a group to focus in on the sounds of the human voice over background noise.

Mikey B · Post by **Mikey B** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 12:13 am

Sorry Hankrankin...showing my age using "manky" that way

It just is a good descriptor of the icky water I don't want to breathe in!

Smurfwarrior · Post by **Smurfwarrior** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 1:00 am

I believe that at least some of the problem with not hearing people wearing full face helmets is that the sound of one's voice bounces off the chin piece and reflects into the speakers ears, causing them to not speak as loudly as they normally would.

hankrankin · Post by **hankrankin** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 3:20 am

Mikey B wrote:Sorry Hankrankin...showing my age using "manky" that way It just is a good descriptor of the icky water I don't want to breathe in!

no harm no foul

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