In a message dated 10/10/2007 10:33:58 AM Pacific Daylight Time, nick_at_guillemot-kayaks.com writes: 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. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I completely agree. He's a lot of things, but indispensible to the sport is one thing I can think of. 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. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> He never did breath the name Frank Goodman or his Nordkapp in the British Maritime Museum. Or the Guillemot in residence at MOMA for that matter. Wind him up and let him go. I wonder if Andrew's memory card has any more footage. Cheers, Rob G ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.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 - 10:50:19 PDT
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