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From: Product Information Department <pid_at_mec.ca>
subject: [Paddlewise] slack-jawed surfing buddies
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 12:04:58 -0700
Larry wrote
> a couple of my paddling buddies with experience in surfzone kayaking
>recently had a boat to head collision... now one has his jaw wired. ahh for
>sport.
>

There may not have been time, but one defensive technique I've adopted when
I see a fellow kayaker torpedoing toward me is to deliberately capsize, let
them slide across the bottom of my boat, then roll back up.

Cheers

Philip Torrens.

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From: Larry Bliven <foxhill_at_shore.intercom.net>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] slack-jawed surfing buddies
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 06:05:30 -0400
hey Phillip,

good tip.
thanks,

bye bye bliven

>Larry wrote
>> a couple of my paddling buddies with experience in surfzone kayaking
>>recently had a boat to head collision... now one has his jaw wired. ahh
for
>>sport.
>>
-----------------------------------
>
>There may not have been time, but one defensive technique I've adopted when
>I see a fellow kayaker torpedoing toward me is to deliberately capsize, let
>them slide across the bottom of my boat, then roll back up.
>
>Cheers
>
>Philip Torrens.


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