ralph diaz wrote: > > [snip From what I have seen, paddling > styles, skills and expectations vary widely throughout the land. There > are certain regional preferences in boats and paddling waters. Would be > interesting to see how a Chesapeake expert paddler would react to a > certain kayak or a Maine paddler or a Great Lakes paddler. This is > another good reason for IDing the testers so we know where they paddle > and what "school" or "paddling religion" they belong to. I am for identifying (and profiling) the testers. It would help me to evaluate their comments. However, this "regionalism" prejudice for sea kayaks in the traditional "NW" mode is dying out around here. Can't speak for other regions. Kevin W., for example, is a full-on WW and surf kayaker, as well as a kayak tourer, and disses some of the overblown, over-sized, way-too-stable designs that are commonly associated with the NW. Kevin lives in Seattle. BTW, I own and paddle almost exclusively one of those way-too-stable designs, just so this is not interpreted as a pejorative statement. My way-too-stable design is great for the stuff I do, but it sucks in surf (it should not go there) and very rough water. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Aug 16 2000 - 08:27:31 PDT
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