Matt Langenfeld wrote:

Usually the hard core kayakers will never build. They don't have
time...they are too busy kayaking!

I know quite a few "hard core" paddlers who won't paddle commercial
boats at all, as they're not well suited to the type of paddling they do
and they don't fit the way they should. There's nothing quite like
having a boat that fits you like a broken-in pair of jeans. :-)