Hi all- Was anyone else at the Kittery Trading Post Paddlesports show at UNH this past weekend? I'm just curious if I sat next to someone on the list without realizing it... Allison *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Allison Corning wrote: > Hi all- > > Was anyone else at the Kittery Trading Post Paddlesports show at UNH this > past weekend? I'm just curious if I sat next to someone on the list without > realizing it... > > Allison > > I was there on Saturday. I sat way up back for the noon rescue skills where Vaughn Smith broke his paddle doing a stirrup re-entry. For Derek's 3 pm show I was front row left side. Mike -- Paddling along through fog so thick that only one's thoughts are visible, your reverie is abruptly shattered by the ancient cry of a great blue heron as she lifts uncertainly from the brilliant blue of a mussel-shell beach witnessed only by the brooding, wet spruce....your passage home seems as much back through time as it does through space. Mark H Hunt *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
I was running our booth at Malone of Maine all day Saturday. It was an incredible show for sales and general interest levels. I don't know if I met you, Allison, but I met a whole lot of people getting boats and gear for the first time. Interest in this sport apparently is not leveling off just yet. Since I am introducing myself here, I should mention to the one whose name is in my deleted files that I can make you a custom length Greenland style paddle if the $190 price tag is not too steep. The blades are not customized, but they are fairly universally appropriate (3 1/2" wide at the tip) and pretty comfortable. The loom is slightly smaller in diameter than purists would make, and more oval as well. The paddle has gotten good reviews from those who use it. That said, I too actually recommend trying to make your own from a straight grained cedar or spruce two by four. It is an inexpensive, fun, and rewarding way to get a nice paddle. I am more than happy to give paddle design or woodworking advice to you as you progress, or to anyone else, for that matter, who undertakes to make their own paddle. Richard Frost Malone of Maine www.maloneofmaine.com Allison Corning wrote: > Hi all- > > Was anyone else at the Kittery Trading Post Paddlesports show at UNH this > past weekend? I'm just curious if I sat next to someone on the list without > realizing it... > > Allison > > *************************************************************************** > 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/ > *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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