Re: [Paddlewise] Safety and "Canoe & Kayak" Magazine

Rick Sylvia wrote:
> 
> There's also a photo of a WW kayaker standing up on a
> run (at least that's what it looked like to me)!?!?   Would someone help me
> understand "commen sense", please?

That was probably Jeff Snyder. He invented the sport in the picture,
called "Striding." There are better pix of him. Somewhere there's one of
him running, uh, striding, a major waterfall. He invented striding when
he had done all there was to do in squirt boats, which he also helped
invent.

> Note:  If you don't read the magazine, there was a photo of Ernie from
> Seasame Street's Bert and Ernie characters, with Ernie in a scaled to fit
> boat, on some water, sans PFD.

It looked like a freestyle canoe to me. FS canoe competitors are
exempted from wearing PFDs during competition, as they muss up the
costumes.

Steve (so many more toys than just sea kayaks)

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