[Paddlewise] Sponsons Permission/Assistance

Kait O'Hara - you have opened up a can of worms and you're hearing a lot
of good stuff from fellow Paddlewisers.  I will only speak to your saying
"Mark Zen, a experienced paddler who is disabled, stated that he thought
he could have really used sponsons; furthermore for the disabled they
would be great."

As with so many of your other comments, this one has no context.  I,
also, can describe myself as an experienced paddler who is disabled.  But
what in the world do you know from that?  My opinion of my self as
experienced counts for nothing without some details.  And my disability
was, in many ways, a huge advantage for me in racing because the lack of
muscle in one leg makes me really light and, therefore, pretty fast.  I
would be nuts to speak for all disabled paddlers and anyone would be nuts
to listen to me if I claimed to do so.  The fact that most people think
I'm nuts generally will be conveniently ignored here.

Anyway, you're getting enough flak from paddlers who know more than I do
about sponsons and speak to the idea better, so that's all I'll say.

Jim Tibensky
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