RE: [Paddlewise] Rouge waves

From: Bradford R. Crain <crainb_at_pdx.edu>
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:16:40 -0700
   Imagine careening down an icy slope in a kayak. Brings back memories
of Chevy Chase screaming down a hill in "Christmas Vacation". I think
I'll just watch the movies and videos.
   Back in high school in Florida, John Carpenter invented the sport of
water skiing into bridge pilings. Not sure how we ever survived.

Brad Crain

Quoting Richard Culpeper <culpeper_at_tbaytel.net>:

> Did that.  Going down the hill was nice.  Jumping the access road at the
> base was not anticipated, but went well.  Entering into the scrub beyond the
> road was not something that I would want to do again.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tord S. Eriksson
>
> Snowy hills maybe could be suitable substitutes to
> such waves  - there are some nuts using WW kayaks
> in snow on YouTube, somewhere ...
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