I'm not sure if I posted before or not so please forgive me if I did. I'm newer to the sport than most of the posts here, just got started last year really with taking a course on SK, and planning on a rolling course this April. I had tried some kayaks out at one of the local outfitters trial days before taking the course and knew I wanted to do this. The peace that I feel when I'm out on the water is incredible and I feel that it's one of the only times that I can actually relax. I bought a used Dimension Nomad (Canadian company that makes mainly sit on tops) at a show put on by Swift Canoe & Kayak when they came to my area. It's a plastic boat but that's what I want right now to get going with. It is a wide boat (24 1/2"), and is of course very stable. I got the kayak at the end of the season so I really didn't get much of a chance to use it. I'm planning on hooking up with a local paddling group this year hopefully and have also found another paddler that lives close by that I also may be able to get out paddling with. I live in Niagara Falls, Ontario (and no I'm not planning on shooting the falls), and we do have lots of other water around the area to paddle. I'm close to both Lake Erie & Lake Ontario (with a family cottage on Lake Erie) & plan to do as much paddling as I can get in this year. I'm 35 and make my living as a Network Support Technician (this includes all aspects of both data & telecommunications areas). Just waiting for the warmer weather, hope to see ya out there! John *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Feb 17 1999 - 09:20:31 PST
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