Keith wrote:
Oci-One Kanubi wrote:

majority of American kayakers
are sea-kayakers or rec-boat paddlers who call themselves kayakers,
neither of which is much of a "risky-type sport".

I am puzzled why you think sea-kayaking isn't a 'risky-type sport' - it
can include long open crossings, plenty of rough water, commiting coasts
with no landing spots for long distances, etc, etc.

A-firmative. There are dangerous things one can do in a sea-kayak.
And there is some number of touring-kayakers out there who actually do
those things. But the huge majority just putter around lakes and
reservoirs, inlets and bays, the Intercoastal Waterway...

Whereas whitewater kayakers... oh, never mind; I don't feel like
arguing about KAYAKS, of all things; after all, kayaks are for girls.
Real men paddle canoes (hadn't you heard?)

-Richard, His Kanubic Travesty
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