Yes, I know Charlie and knew Dana a bit. Remember him while he was at Sawyer filming me paddling a Sawyer doing some FS moves for ads but never saw anything from it. They used to travel together a lot and stopped at my house sometimes.
Really interesting post Marc. Thank heavens there are such talented and committed individuals as you in our paddling community. Hard to imagine what our sport/hobby/passion would be like if all our tools were mass produced by impersonal corporations.
Wow, the name Early Winters brought back memories. I have used candle lanterns hanging in a Jansport dome many moons ago. If I remember right, it could hold a tea light which has very little burn time but has the advantage of being in a metal cup which I assumed added a layer of safety.After a...
A current problem with AI engines is that companies have run out of data to input and wind up occasionally using data outputed by AI as new input, the errors contained therein are further corrupting the database and continuing to give incorrect answers. Hard to imagine they have input everything...
Erica’s latest trip report (must read!) mentioned that she spent time learning paddling at Nantahala Outdoor Center as did I. Just wondering…which other members have done the same?
Glen is correct. Bureaucracy and insurance were becoming hinderances to the direction the FS committee wanted to go. Insurance was considerably less expensive and easier to implement for individual instructors who were running smaller classes outside the major events. It was quite an ordeal to...
Don’t think it’s foam showing. Looks like the plastic layer before the foam to me but certainly could be epoxy. Don’t think it’s much to worry about. Keep paddlin’!
Seating position is key…I strive for 60% weight on the seat and 40% on the knees (assuming no aggressive FreeStyle moves). I just deal with the small amount of irritation by extending one leg periodically if full on seating is impractical.