John Winters wrote:> >Thanks Julio. I thought maybe there was some other Winters on the list. I >would never denigrate the ACA. I don't blame you. I denigrated them once and they were writing letters to the press labeling me a "Fascist" and a "West Coast paddler" for years afterward. ANorAK which claimed to not edit submissions even knuckled under and refused to print my reply to several ACA attacks I had ignored earlier and at the same time forwarded my letters to the ACA for immediate rebutal while not informing me of ACA letters attaking me until they were in print. Maybe it was my pointing out that there can be Fascist organizations but no individual like myself is a Fascist unless he belongs to one of them and by impuning my motives they were only revealing their own through projection. One ACA certifier even told one friend lately that she had to get a shorter paddle before they would certify her. I suppose I should encourage this nonsense as I'd sell more paddles. I get the feeling they are really trying to promote kayaks racing technique to train future Olympians under the guise of "Sea Kayaking" instruction. My advice is to look for an instructor with a good reputaion as a teacher and while ACA certification is certainly a negative it doesn't automatically mean that the instructor is just a boy scout with a new merit badge it should be taken as a warning to look into that instructors reputation more closely. What with what they put me through, I'll certainly think twice before denigrating them again.;~{} Matt Broze http://www.marinerkayaks.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jul 14 1999 - 22:32:34 PDT
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