Re: [Paddlewise] Safety in Recreational Kayaks

From: Steve Cramer <cramer_at_coe.uga.edu>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 09:34:41 -0400
Niels Blaauw wrote:
> 
> Personally, I wear my kayak helmet in the house and in the street, to be
> safe from falling objects or low clearings in doors. As soon as I hit
> the open water in my kayak, I take the helmet off: Open water is the
> least likely place to hit something with your head.

Tell that to the knot on my head I got yesterday from whacking my skull
with a paddle during Ray Killen's Greenland roll class.

-- 
Steve
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