----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick Maun" <pmaun_at_bitstream.net> > Very funny. Personally, I am waiting for Prada to start making > paddling gear. I mean, they already make skiing and yachting gear, > why not paddling? I bet a Prada drysuit would really give Kokotat a > run for their money. And think of the styling! At the Downtown Boathouse in Manhattan, on occasion we get some women wearing fancy leather pants getting into the free public kayaks. Remember that lots of the public participation is on impulse. Members of the public are walking by in the newly emerging Hudson River Park perhaps after, say, a fancy lunch at a trendy Tribeca restaurant owned by Robert De Niro or some other such. They see the free kayaking and, in the spirit of the Nike ad, "just do it". Other participants are wearing minimalist clothing when they get that impulse to paddle. And I mean minimalist which becomes _transparently_ minimalist when it get wet as it will do in a sit-on-top. Honestly, cross my heart, I volunteer there in the spirit of public service. Now I better go back and make sure I spelled "public" right, as I was once involved in a headline that had it misspelled. :-) ralph diaz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Mar 12 2001 - 14:53:48 PST
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