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origins of eskimo roll
Grip wrote:
Me too, but it's such a "good" kind of exhautsion. I'de love to boat OOC "out of country" sometime. I remember how crystal clear the rivers in older Prijon catalogs were and how beautiful the rivers.....any idea where tose were shot? The founder of Prijon, Tony Prijon is Slovenian, and he has opened a Prijon testing centre in the town of Cezsoca, near the confluence of the Soca and Koritnica rivers. I bet a lot of the pictures with the clear blue-green river came from around there (Then again, they were all over the world, so who knows?). Anyway, that's where we were paddling this past week. If you like a nice varied two week class II-IV trip, Greece at the end of April is also a good choice. Mostly very clear water, beautiful gorges and incredibly friendly people (very much unlike the tourist-hungry folks near the popular tourist resorts!). I'm still curious to paddle in South and Middle America and New Zealand, but those destinations will have a to wait for a while... -- 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/ |
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Rick wrote:
...stuff deleted This design would not sit well with most modern paddlers who think that getting wet is not what kayaking is all about (poor confused beings). Maybe not with modern sea paddlers, but modern playboaters tend to spend quite a lot of time in or under water instead of just on it. Wilko, Since the original poster was commenting upon the history of the roll (which had nothing to do with play boating, since none of the native paddlers even imagined a design as radical as the modern river kayak), and I am completely bent (and you can take that any way you wish) in the direction of sea kayaking. I was taking a jibe at the sea kayaking population, where the novice/intermediate sea kayaking population is a bit more casual, in both skill development and boat handling than ww folk. So don't feel my quip was aimed in your general direction. Don't worry Rick, I didn't take it as that. I was just remarking about the wetness experienced by other kayakers (with a little wink...), without taking anything away from your valid points with regard to sea kayaking. Personally, one of my favorite boats to use was the wettest ride I've ever experienced in a kayak. The early Solstice (current designs) had such a low volume bow that it tried to dive, and often succeed, under ripples. Waves swept the deck more often than not, and the boat was at least 1/2 submarine. It wasn't as popular as such a sweet handling boat should have been because most sea kayakers didn't seem to understand the joys of being constantly spalshed with icy water (go figure). I loved the ride, even in rough seas, though I think it probably should have been equipped with a mask and snorkel. big grin I know that feeling from surfing in the sea surf! -- 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/ |
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Thanks! Been looking at the southern Americas myself.......in winter of
course. "Wilko" wrote in message ... Grip wrote: Me too, but it's such a "good" kind of exhautsion. I'de love to boat OOC "out of country" sometime. I remember how crystal clear the rivers in older Prijon catalogs were and how beautiful the rivers.....any idea where tose were shot? The founder of Prijon, Tony Prijon is Slovenian, and he has opened a Prijon testing centre in the town of Cezsoca, near the confluence of the Soca and Koritnica rivers. I bet a lot of the pictures with the clear blue-green river came from around there (Then again, they were all over the world, so who knows?). Anyway, that's where we were paddling this past week. If you like a nice varied two week class II-IV trip, Greece at the end of April is also a good choice. Mostly very clear water, beautiful gorges and incredibly friendly people (very much unlike the tourist-hungry folks near the popular tourist resorts!). I'm still curious to paddle in South and Middle America and New Zealand, but those destinations will have a to wait for a while... -- 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/ |
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