Joe Pylka wrote: > > > The previous posts got me to thinking about meeting up with > >other PaddleWisers at either the Kittery Trading Post Paddle Sports Show > >2000 >being held 31 March until 2 April or the LL Bean Symposium from 14 > July > >through >16 July. > >Then there is the Great Lakes Sea Kayak Symposium the weekend after the LL > >Bean Symposium for the Upper Midwesterners... > > > --And of course the original PaddleSport Show in NJ the same weekend as > the Kittery.... less than an hour from NYC. Which reminds me, I am planning to be at a handful of events in the next few months to talk about folding kayaks and certainly would like to meet with fellow PaddleWisers who want to drop by. We wouldn't even have to talk about foldables, honest! :-) March 18-19 Norwalk, Connecticut The Small Boat Shop Expo. They are not set up for talks but I will be at the Feathercraft/Klepper booth (they are the only folding kayak exhibitors there). Details about the show can be gotten by calling 203-854-5223 or http://www.thesmallboatshop.com. There is a $5 fee, I think I have the rate right. March 31-April 2 in Somerset, New Jersey The Jersey Paddler Paddlesport show. As Joe Pylka says, it is less than an hour from NYC and a little over that from Philadelphia and probably about 3 hours and change from Washington DC. I will be giving a talk at 11:30 AM Sat and 2:30 PM on Sunday. At other times I will be at the Feathercraft booth or hanging around with Debbie Reeves at the Atlantic Sea Kayakers booth or at the Anorak booth with Gabriel Romeu and others. Details for the show can be gotten from http://www.jerseypaddler.com or calling 1-800-22-KAYAK. The entrance fee is $7. This is a huge show of all sorts of gears and boats. It may be about the biggest of this type except for the Rutabaga one,, Canoecopia, in Madison, Wisconsin. Best keep your wallet at home or take out a second mortgage before going. Either April 8 or April 22 in New York City. Run by the New York Kayak Company and completely on folding kayaks for the morning or the whole day with on-water demos. They sell Kleppers, Feathercrafts and Nautiraids. It should be fun. I think we are settling on the latter date, the 22nd. Call Randy Henriksen at 1-800-KAYAK-99. There will likely be a fee or you will be asked to make a contribution to the Downtown Boathouse where it is being held. May 5-7 in the San Francisco area. This is a weekend on folding kayaks and will be based at a campground with paddling 10 or 15 minutes away. It is being run by BASK (Bay Area Sea Kayakers) and I am a catalyst for the talks, show-n-tell, gear discussions, etc. The Western Folding Kayak Center will be there with boats to show (it sells all the major brands of foldables). There is a fee and attendence will be limited in numbers. BASK members will get first crack at signing up for this camping weekend. I think you can pop in for the day, but I am fuzzy on the details. June 7th Washington DC area. Alexandria VA to be exact. At The Atlantic Kayak Shop (1-800-297-0066) I will be giving a 2-hour evening talk. I think their web site is http://www.atlantickayak.com After all of that, even I won't be able to look at another folding kayak. :-) Wanna bet!!! ralph diaz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Feb 08 2000 - 20:01:45 PST
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