eyepaddle
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Wed Jun-08-05 09:28 PM
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I'm not sure if it would've worked in moving water, but, |
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while practicing tonight on a lake I hit 4 or 5 eskimo rolls in my kayak. My form was sloppy, my paddle blade hit bottom (showing I'm pulling it too deep into the water) but I rolled up nonetheless! :)
I'm telling y'all because I promised one DUer I was gonna be a total pain in the ass when I got my roll bomb-proofed. So this is what we call foreshadowing people--get ready for some more of it, it's coming soon!
Oh yeah, you might as well congratulate me, or I'll just kick this myself! :evilgrin:
B-) :toast:
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Maddy McCall
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Wed Jun-08-05 09:31 PM
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1. I could never kayak... |
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what's under the water terrifies me. I'd be afraid I would roll and smack my head on a rock or tree under the water. :scared:
Congrats to you! I am envious. I would really like to kayak.
I am a bitch in a canoe, though. My buds always put me in the back of the canoe, with all the noobs in my canoe, because I can steer better than anyone else. :D
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Wed Jun-08-05 09:36 PM
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2. As for what's under the water, |
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well, that's what the helmet is for! Mine has a couple of good grooves in the back of it. The first time you hit a rock you start thinking I LOOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEEE my helmet.
Do you know what canoeists say about their relationship to kayakers? Canoe = one half the paddle, twice the paddler! :D
As long as it involves a paddle you get a :toast:
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Maddy McCall
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Wed Jun-08-05 09:47 PM
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I might give kayaking a try. I've got a pool at my parents, and I can borrow a kayak from a friend. If I could get comfortable with the concept of boating UNDER the water, on the bottom side of the surface, I might like it. :D
:toast: back atcha.
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Wed Jun-08-05 09:44 PM
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3. ah the divorce machine |
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I agree on the underwater thing. that and I don't know how well I'd fit, being 6'5"
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Maddy McCall
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Wed Jun-08-05 09:48 PM
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5. Hell, we could just put you in a canoe, wrap some neopryne around it... |
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and call it a kayak! You're a BIG boy. :D
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Wed Jun-08-05 09:53 PM
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6. that'd be about the size of it |
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Wed Jun-08-05 10:03 PM
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7. Don't be to sure about fitting, I'm 6'4" and pretty stiff, |
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I'd say a Wave Sport ezg 60 would be plenty roomy. Open Canoes can do almost anything a kayak can, but if your ankles are stiff, they are extremely uncomfortable. Don't even think about a C-1 (they look like a kayak, but you kneel instead of sit on your butt, and again, there's the one bladed paddle. A lot of the real hot shots like to paddle C-1.
Oh yes, PSA time, before ever trying whitewater, I can't reccomend taking a class highly enough. YOu meet people, they're fun, and you learn safely! :) :hi:
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Wed Jun-08-05 10:45 PM
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Just to be a tiresome bore :evilgrin:
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Wed Jun-08-05 10:59 PM
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9. Congratulations eyepaddle |
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a roll up seems like it would be the right thing to do!
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