Bob P wrote:

More women are kayaking these days. About 45 percent of the total
were female, a
5 percent increase from the foundation's 2004 survey.

Interesting numbers, Gilliard. I just wonder what kind of kayaking
those 45% of women participate in... Because I haven't seen that many
yet. :-)


Here in the northeastern USA, sea-kayaking is very popular and there
seems to be a fairly high proportion of women.

Yeah, good point, Bob. I tend to limit myself to whitewater and surfing.
Of course, there are some countries where almost everyone has spent time
in a canoe, like the Czech Republic. There the amount of female
whitewater paddlers is pretty high.

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Wilko van den Bergh wilkoa t)dse(d o tnl
Eindhoven The Netherlands Europe
---Look at the possibilities, don't worry about the limitations.---
http://kayaker.nl/

I ws thinking white water too, and though our club's WW half's women
participants are rapidly growing, the bulk of our ladies are of the flat
water persuasion, 45 % seems a reasonable number.


"Wilko" wrote in message
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Bob P wrote:

More women are kayaking these days. About 45 percent of the total
were female, a
5 percent increase from the foundation's 2004 survey.

Interesting numbers, Gilliard. I just wonder what kind of kayaking
those 45% of women participate in... Because I haven't seen that many
yet. :-)


Here in the northeastern USA, sea-kayaking is very popular and there
seems to be a fairly high proportion of women.

Yeah, good point, Bob. I tend to limit myself to whitewater and surfing.
Of course, there are some countries where almost everyone has spent time
in a canoe, like the Czech Republic. There the amount of female
whitewater paddlers is pretty high.

--
Wilko van den Bergh wilkoa t)dse(d o tnl
Eindhoven The Netherlands Europe
---Look at the possibilities, don't worry about the limitations.---
http://kayaker.nl/