Why paddle a seakayak when you can drive a jet ski, oh pardon me, a personal watercraft. Bradford R. Crain > >Personally, I find paddling can become a bit monotonous at times. Chris >>Cunningham made an interesting observation recently about the difficulty >>enticing a younger demographic to the enjoyment of paddling, when that >>same > >>demographic probably isn't too interested in an activity that requires >>hours >>of constant, slow moving activity - given the current generation of >>younger > >>adults who's penchant for media action and fast-paced recreation may >>preclude the commitment necessary for sea kayaking.. > > But paddling is shrinking in whitewater too. There aren't many young > folka > getting into it. When I'm on the river, I'm quite frequently the youngest > guy there, and there are often many,many more people who are a good ten-20 > years older than me, than there are who are any number of years younger > than > me. And I'm 31. (Oh, and I do enjoy sea kayaking. ) There are some > notable > hotshots who are young, and certainly more young WW paddlers than young > sea > kayakers, but I'm not sure the argument you're making explains it *all*. > > Geoff *************************************************************************** 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 Jul 05 2007 - 09:06:36 PDT
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