Derek is owed a large degree of credit for popularizing sea kayaking and whether or not he invented anything, he put a lot of things together into a commercially viable package and marketed it well. Sometimes that is more important than actually coming up with good ideas. For better or worse a large part of sea kayaking is what it is due to his efforts. While other people had significant contributions his are noteworthy. While I enjoyed seeing Matt poke at his balloon, it did cut short the History Of The World According to Derek and almost wish Matt had let him spout off for a while longer. Matt and Derek are both well aware of the arguments on both sides, it would have been good to get the fully adulterated version from Derek. On Oct 10, 2007, at 10:55 AM, Rcgibbert_at_aol.com wrote: > > He is such an aquired taste, I find it difficult to think about him > without > copious flags coming up. He has done great things for the sport and > that will > be a bill we will forever pay upon. Like one of those adjustable rate > mortgages. Still, a good asset for the sport. > Nick Schade Guillemot Kayaks 824 Thompson St Glastonbury, CT 06033 USA Ph/Fx: (860) 659-8847 http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/ *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Oct 10 2007 - 10:22:16 PDT
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