RE: [Paddlewise] Is this thing on?

Down south here, most folks spent the weekend in San Diego at the Southwest
Kayak Symposium. Jen of Aqua Adventures puts it on each year and it's always
a popular event. Nigel Foster, Sean Morley, Russell Farrow, Greg Stammer and
I'm sorry for any I've forgotten were all here teaching classes and helping
out.

CKF is always a big part of the scene with Steve Wilson providing music in
the big tent on Fridays and Duane demonstrating his Greenland Ropes routine.
My afternoon surf class with Sean got cancelled due to lack of moving water,
but I had a great time playing music around the camp with Steve and friends.
After a big potluck on Saturday night, it was more of the same until we all
headed to the beach for the bonfire where Steve was joined by Nigel and
Russell for some great music. I was glad again to offer my guitar, "El
Kabong", for Nigel to use on the night.

Having imbibed of a hearty glass of Duane's "Roll or Drown Martinis" as well
as my own various concoctions of tequila, my memory is a bit hazy, but I
think Duane treated the crowd to the sounds of his didgeridoo and I provided
a break from the professional musicians to play my version of the YouTube
hit "Kayak A$$ H--e", which, lucky me, seems might become my new nickname!

To get the crowd involved with the music, I brought a bag of various
percussion instruments for people to use, so I switched occasionally between
tambourine and maracas. One brave soul, Matt Christian of Aqua Adventures
took up the challenge to play the washboard and impressed me all night
backing up the singers. A rather young man, Matt had already impressed us
all with his kayak rolling skills since taking up the sport and becoming a
fixture at AA. He's been helping out with the kayak tours down in Baja, but
plans to head north to the Washington area to look for work, so if you folks
hear of him up there, I hope you say hi.

SOUTHWEST KAYAK SYMPOSIUM for us down south has become the big social and
paddling event of the year, one we all try not to miss. Maybe we'll lure
some Paddlewiser's down some year if only for the great weather. We'd love
to have you. I know I'm always tempted by the symposiums I hear about in the
northern waters.

So Craig, we weren't trying to avoid you, just found ourselves out of town
for a couple days!

Mark


-----Original Message-----
 On Behalf Of Craig Jungers

Hello? (tap tap) Is this thing on? Or has everyone just gone out paddling?

Craig
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