On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 6:28 AM, Kirk Olsen <kork4_at_cluemail.com> wrote: > > > Neither boy has shown much interest in paddling, but they have the > skills to get somewhere if they do have someone who wants to go for a > paddle. > > One of the friends of my older son joined us for vacation 2 years ago. > He now loves to paddle. Last summer I taught him to roll and he now has > my old surf ski. He's got a nice stroke and is comfortable in modest > swell. For christmas he asked for neoprene.... > > Just illustrates the simple fact that all we can do is introduce them to kayaking (or mountain bikes or tennis or whatever...) and let them choose the thing that interests them. The introduction is the only thing we have any control over. As the kids I took paddling grow up they'll try lots of things and maybe they'll return to paddling and remember our trip to "Crawdad Island" where we found the empty skeleton of a huge crawdad on what was nothing more than a couple of rocks with dirt and a little tree growing on top. Or the 15 minutes spent chasing a mallard hen around a small lagoon where they learned to turn the kayak quickly. It all may just fade like so many childhood memories. But I remember! Craig *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Apr 28 2012 - 08:54:30 PDT
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