Yes! When I commented on the surfski, I had this in mind--memories from my growing up in the area. I imagine with the mobility of the short board, the restrictions had to reexamined! I like the idea of the Wedge being reserved for body surfers and spongers, but I'm probably influenced by a bit of nostalgia! Still, I don't think a surfski is equivalent to a board as far as damage potential. If surfskis are OK, I'm sure there's some outrigger paddlers who would love to make a name for themselves? WHERE WILL IT ALL END!!! (Just had to go watch it one more time!) Mark On 9/8/2011 3:32 PM, Scott Hilliard wrote: > In those days hard boards were not allowed at the Wedge. It was a > body surfing wave, and introducing boards was just too risky to the > swimmers - this was before board leashes became the norm. *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Sep 08 2011 - 15:56:06 PDT
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