John Winters wrote: > I think the heavy weights of some boats have to do with the British > attitude towards paddling, I think they often look upon it as "challenging > the elements" where most North Americans tend towards a less aggressive > approach. A couple of weeks ago I was at the Santa Cruz Surf Kayak festival. On Sunday the weather was a windy, rainy mess. The waves were choppy, broken up and prone to close outs. Virtually all the american kayakers were grumbling and complaining. Meanwhile I heard a couple of british kayakers say with genuine enthusiasm something along the lines of: "Bloody Marvelous Day!". -Berkeley Choate *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Apr 05 1999 - 08:11:52 PDT
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