> Should we all stop encouraging new growth, boycott symposiums, stop > teaching? Any thoughts, or is this not a valid question in the kayaking > community, yet? Heh heh heh. Now that is trolling if I ever saw it 8^) Well, I guess you could look at it another way. If out of the next 10 (20, 50?) people who buy a kayak, one would have bought a power boat if (s)he would not have been introduced to kayaking, we're making progress in the right direction... I paddle a LOT in Northern Virginia. When I stop by the local kayak shop I always see kayaks being loaded or unloaded, and there are 4 or 5 other shops around the area I don't get a chance to visit. On the water though, I rarely see another kayak unless I attend one of the club outings. Where are these people going? On any given day I'll see several hundred power boats. Bring on the growth... Woody *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Sep 23 1999 - 18:54:30 PDT
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