> From: Nick Schade <nick_at_guillemot-kayaks.com> > All these surfing magazines have very attractive covers. One is > virtually an art publication. The whole image presented is interesting > and exciting. How come sea kayaking is portrayed as boring? Is a > picture of a low-end kayak, sitting calmly on smooth water really the > image of sea kayaking that attracts us to the sport? Is this really the > cover shot that is going to attract people to the sport? Actually, Nick, if the surf magazines were to present a "true" image of surfers, it would be a picture of group of surfers straddling their boards in a lineup waiting... and waiting... and waiting for a ride to come along. The real buzzphrase is "hang 20." :-) Jackie *************************************************************************** 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 Dec 20 2004 - 16:35:22 PST
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