On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 12:16 PM, <rcgibbert_at_aol.com> wrote: > In the last 10 years participation of this sport is down. Fewer boats are > being sold is the hallmark of that statistic. In the Puget Sound there are > fewer kayak stores. What was the participation level at the West Coast Sea > Kayak Symposium this year? I heard it was less. I've been reading the same > journals you have plus a few whitewater based ones and nobody 10 years ago > predicted a downturn of this level 10 years ago. Nor were those decrying > certification as the threatening defacto standard correct 10 years ago about > things today. A full decade later it is still 10 years from now we are going > to go the way of the automobile and the SCUBA people. And yet participation > is down in this sport and the BCU or ACA scheme isn't triumphant in what > people have alledged about them. These ominpresent fears have time and again > failed to manifest themselves in reality. > > Over the past decade participation at all levels of kayaking is up, sales are up over ten years ago, there are more kayak stores than ten years ago. In the last year there has been a severe downturn. But participation at the Pt. Townsend seminars was up in previous years. BCU was barely on the radar as little as two years ago. Now it's an issue. Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA www.nwkayaking.net *************************************************************************** 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 21 2009 - 12:24:07 PDT
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