> How come sea kayaking is portrayed as boring? Because for the most part it is :-)... Ever seen teenagers doing sea kayaking (not kayak surfing or whitevater kayaking, but exactly sea kayaking)? 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? Nope... But for many, if not for most, this is how it usually works :-), only kayaks are, perhaps, less low-end than those on magazine covers. Also, those advertised on covers often promote some particular destination, i.e. hotel and rental shop, not a kayaking manufacturing company. It's not a secret that rental shops in resorts are mostly oriented on entry-level crowd, and offer SOT or el-cheapo polyethilene boats. Is this really the > cover shot that is going to attract people to the sport? It depends - what people :-)... I think, there are also market reasons behind this scene. People own same sea kayaks for dozen(s) of years, but just look into any kayak-related Classifieds - hundreds of surf and ww kayaks for sale. And this is not because all this crowd suddenly stopped being surf- or ww-kayakers - just their boats became outmoded, because the industry introduced something new. Same goes for downhill skiing or snowboards, - compared to cross-country skiing. *************************************************************************** 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 - 17:12:30 PST
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