Chuck Holst wrote >One thing that raised my eyebrows was Norm's conclusion that the land of >Oz lacks women sea kayakers because of a lack of sit-on-top kayaks there, >which seems a bit naive, if not sexist, to me. >> Sandy wrote >Oh, dear.....and with apologies to Peter O and our other Ozzie friends, >Australian men are not noted for being non-sexist. I believe the notion >of "Sheilas" is still very much ingrained. G'Day Sandy and Chuck and Paddlewise, Just to clear up a point - there's lots of sit on tops and surf ski's in Australia and they are equally used by males and females at least around Sydney. Some of the places people take there surfski's seem to require far more skill than paddling a sit in would. Particularly with respect to balance and bracing strokes. All the best, PeterO *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Nov 11 2000 - 00:55:59 PST
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