kcd said <<< "have you ever heard of urban kayaking? you know, where they slide their kayaks down long flights of stairs, and in half-pipes, and do tricks on railings?" i said, "er...no..." and i'm hoping someone on here will TELL ME IT ISN"T SO!!>>> No, this is no "urban" myth. However, I believe the practice of this activity is restricted to Canadian geographical boundaries. This is no doubt due to the fact that Canada has a free nationalized health care system! :-) BC'in Ya Doug Lloyd (who's failing Lurker 101 class) *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
On Wed, 15 Nov 2000 01:52:57 -0800 timbre_at_best.com writes: <<snip>> > "have you ever heard > of urban kayaking? you know, where they slide their kayaks down > long > flights of stairs, and in half-pipes, and do tricks on railings?" i > said, > "er...no..." and i'm hoping someone on here will TELL ME IT ISN"T > SO!! > We have large steep-sloped earthen levees where I live. There is a fall-winter activity for the young and young-at-heart to slid down the levee on flattened cardboard boxes when the short grass dies back and "slicks up". A bud and I took our WW kayaks one day and had a blast. The climb back up can be considered advanced aerobic training too ! 8-< Also, riverwater usually gets onto these levees for several weeks at a time later on. This is when the kayaks come into their own. Just think of this as a "300 foot seal slide" ... There is also a gravel quarry nearby that has several huge, very tall, very steep sand hills remaining from years and years of operation. Probably covers 30 acres or so. We slid down one of these hills once. Never again... While fun, it was not worth the effort it took to slug your way to the top of the steep sand slope. Besides, there are now a couple of anti-social Rottweilers on gate duty... ...adieu ...Peyton (Louisiana) *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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