Re: [Paddlewise] summer paddle wear & imersion

On May 11, 2007, at 5:35 PM, Gordin Warner wrote:
> This is a great time to be a paddler.  Immersion wear choices are  
> greater now then at any other time.  Don't be fooled there are a  
> lot more choices then Kokatat or NRS.
>
> There are lots of wet suit options, plus dry and semi dry suit  
> choices.

> Very true Gordin. Being a Southern USA paddler I love my neoprene  
> pants and various levels of neoprene tops. Easy to get on and off  
> and not hard to get set up for a pee break. Again I stress the fact  
> that I live in a warmer than most climate.


As an aside I saw that my favorite place to burn calories, the  
Triangle off Tybee Island, Georgia USA, is the focus of a very long  
and informative article in Sea Kayaker Magazine. It was fun to read  
the thoughts of someone who isnt risk averse as long as you have a  
good plan and some solid skills. BCU week 2005 I had a similar day of  
fun with a 5 star coach who is a retired Air Force Sergeant Major. He  
was in charge of the band. The Air Force band that is. What a calm,  
secure man. Our final informal test for the day was to cross the  
center of the Triangle through an area called the Zipper while trying  
to stay in formation. The Zipper looks like a line of clapotis  
zipping and unzipping as two currents converge carrying their swells  
headlong into the other.
Four students and the instructor took on the swell from an offshore  
hurricane that had just finished pounding Southern Florida. Six to  
eight foot triple confsued waves gave us a lot of challenging fun. I  
have yet to match that experince for pure fun. The instructor really  
was a great leader and made us all feel capable. Several times  
paddlers went over but rolled up repeatedly. All of the students but  
me were inland lake paddlers. I had the home field advantage so my  
hat was off to those guys for doing incredibly well in a very fresh  
situation to their skill set.

Jim et al
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