On Wed, 6 Dec 2006 20:42:10 EST, Rcgibbert_at_aol.com said: > In a message dated 12/6/2006 5:36:47 PM Pacific Standard Time, > paul_at_paddleandoar.com writes: > > http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/10/11/popsci.kayak/index.html > > But they got this part right: > > "That was then. Now I paddle sea kayaks. For a long time I thought kayaks > were the purview of men and women who were probably also bird-watchers or > nudists -- unsmiling folk who take the outdoors seriously. " As an avid splinter paddler (see CNN article). He missed my current preference, a self bailing splinter (aka surfski). There's an entertaining writeup on a surfski race by a sea kayaker (he comments on the difference between the usual laid back sea kayakers and surfski crowd) on: http://www.surfski.info/content/view/323/89 -- Kirk Olsen *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Dec 07 2006 - 03:15:50 PST
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