I recently filled in my application form for the White Squall's 2007 Kayak & Canoe festival. This year the event runs May 4,5,6. WhiteSquall is located about a two hour drive north of Toronto, Ontario. This will be my first time attending. http://www.whitesquall.com/festival.php I am curious how this event compares with other kayak events out there. Who's kayak fest is the biggest? The most comprehensive? The most attended? Thoughts? --------------------------------------------------------------- Please limit all email attachments sent to this address to a maximum of 0.5MB. All email attachments that are larger then 0.5MB will automatically be deleted. --------------------------------------------------------------- ICQ: 262152266, AIM: GlamourpetsD, MSN: [my email address], Yahoo Messenger: glamourpets --------------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't pick lemons. See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos. http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Derek wrote: > I am curious how this event compares with other kayak > events out there. Who's kayak fest is the biggest? > The most comprehensive? The most attended? Thoughts? I've attended White Squall's symposium twice, years ago. It was essentially a one day event, but the open house on Saturday and the concert Saturday evening made it feel like a weekend event. It's one of the smallest kayak events around and it's very low key. That doesn't detract from the quality in general. You're lucky - Fred Eaglesmith is back and his concerts are good even if you are a fan of other sorts of music. His country&humour style is funny and entertaining and the hurtin' songs will tug at your heart while you chuckle (sample song title - My Baby's Got Big Hair). If Mark Schriver is instructing, take his forward stroke clinic; it's one of the best (Schriver is a former world champion in WW rodeo open canoe). Other symposia are bigger and the instruction at others I've been to has been higher calibre. The Great Lakes Sea Kayaking Symposium in Grand Marais MI every July is a very good one. Lots of stuff going on and some of the best instructors I've come across. Sweetwater would have been just a week ago or so (anyone attend?) - never been but it's a big one and apparently attracts a lot of northern paddlers looking for a break from winter. The East Coast Canoe and Kayak Festival near Charleston, SC is another excellent one (April). I don't know the numbers but I felt is was comparable in number of attendees to the GLSKS. Mike *************************************************************************** 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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