Male, age 52 I live in the Northwest US and took up sea kayaking ten years ago. Different from most Northwest Sea kayakers of ten years ago I paddled the open coast of Washington. I like a Sea kayak with clean lines, No hatches therefore no bulkheads, no rudder sticking off the back or skeg hole in the keel and no hole for mechanical pump discharge. One continuous shape that I get into and wear. The perfect shape for moving though the water environment. I have one kayak a Mariner MAX that I use for surfing, day trips, two week expeditions to Alaska and racing. Aim known to be hard on equipment and have numerous patches and gouges on the hull of my one kayak. I used to enter kayak surf competitions in Calf when they had a long boat class. I always seemed to finnish third. I consider September to May prime kayaking season. This year I have been spending weekends camped at one beach. I wait for the surf to come to me while my friends drive the weekend away looking for the good surf. If no surf I paddle the local shore line. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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