Remember when you could go to RBP and find discussions on boats?
Remember when you could go to RBP and read funny stories from other
paddlers?
Remember when you could go to RBP might find something for sale you
were looking for?
Remember when you could go to RBP and swap put in and take out info as
well as water levels?
Remember when you could go to RBP and find intelligent comments about
paddling?
Remember when you could go to RBP and read about what other paddlers
were doing in the paddling world, like Dancewater, Mothra, and others?

Those were the days.

I paddle 65-70 days a year now and technique and good sense have kept
me from swimming. I am a member of the ACA and the AWA but I never
remember accepting any money from them. I follow their paddling
guidelines as a demonstration of responsible good sense.

People have the right to paddle the boat of their choice, in the
manner they wish, naked if they so choose. That is an expression of
part of the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights.

I have never seen a boat or gear manufacturer attack paddlers for not
purchasing their products. I have never seen a reputable supplier of
paddling gear insult and degrade other paddlers for choosing to
purchase alternate equipment. I have never seen an outfitter display
what polite society would describe as irrational behaviour because
they chose to be outfitted by someone else.

The latest stream of garbage about sponsons is like selling ice cubes
to Eskimos. Don't want 'em, don't need 'em. And there were 39,800
traffic-related fatalities in the U.S. last year, not the twisted data
spewed just recently. And they were happy with only the 39,800
fatalities because it was an 8% improvement over 2007. We keep
driving cars, and we don't buy sponsons. Obviously it isn't very busy
in sponson world because there is lots of time to cut and paste the
same old crap.

I promised myself I would ignore the continued spew of garbage, but my
wife told me to take the trash out....

Jay Hanks, President, Lansing Oar and Paddle Club
"all the rivers run to the ocean, and yet the ocean is not filled":
ECC 1:7