Good to see you are back on Paddlewise, Steve. A little unfinished business remains from 3 weeks ago. I don't know if you received my questions originally so I'll ask them here again. Steve from "Alder Creek Kayak & Canoe" <aldercreek_at_qwest.net> wrote: >>>>>>>Once, in surf, I witnessed a very competent paddler and Mariner fan slide so far forward in his 'sliding seat' that his skirt blew off the back of the rim and he was as deep into the front of the boat as possible. Literally up to his armpits. He wasn't very happy.<<<<<<< Steve, could you tell me this paddlers name as I would like to talk to him about this incident if possible? If you don't have that information could you tell me the model and color of his kayak so I might use that information to try to contact him (assuming this was someone in Oregon where we have a relatively limited number of customers)? He would be the first person I am aware of to have this happen in one of our kayaks and I would like to know more details about it. Could you also tell me how he recovered from this situation? I'd also like to know approximately when this happened (within a few years) and where? Would you also go into more details about the conditions at the time and what lead up to it happening? Matt Broze www.marinerkayaks.com *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Matt, The paddler was an older gentleman who did much of the coach training for Ecomarine back in the late 80's. He was doing a course at Tofino with Dan Lewis(he was in a beat-up old Solander original) I forget the year and am at home so will get it when I get to my paddling logs at work. I think it was either a M-II or MAX. Don't remember the color. It was a 5-day instructor training program and we were surfing out at Long beach on a 4-5' day, long period. Most of the other students were having a time in the big conditions and lots of swimming/ chaos was going on. For me, being a ww paddler/ instructor converting to sea paddling, this was a hoot. I was ripping it up in my Prijon seayak! After a number of years 'training' at the LaPush surf pummel this was FUN!!!! Anyway this fellow took a pretty big wave in, it got steep, closed out and he did a bit of a 'sando' (endo when the bow strikes the sand). He flipped and rolled up and I remember he was right up against the forward combing about as far forward as possible. He kept his cool in front of the students but wasn't very happy. We were all impressed with his ability to maintain 'cool' out in those conditions. In de-briefing the day I remember we all agreed that this was a day when you probably would NOT take out students, due to the big conditions. hope this helps. I'll get the exact dates in a couple hours. steve http://mail2web.com/ . *************************************************************************** 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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