Al K wrote:
Hi Wilko, Paddlers,

When BoaterTalk came into being, it seemed clear to me that RBP was going to
be replaced as the main world ww kayaking forum. It's fun to see that a few
of us old timers still visit here, as the simple text format is a nice
relief from the great video graphics of web-based forums, which I like also.
Have we discussed BoaterTalk versus RPB here to any depth?

RBP vs BT has been discussed several times to my knowledge, although I'm
not sure if that was more on BT (I think that there's a pretty strong
anti-RBP crowd there) than on RBP.

I do hang out on BT as well, although the frequency changes.

Being both a whitewater and sea kayaker, which I believe you are also Wilko,

Nah, I'm a whitewater paddler, who accidentally got interested in
paddling and surfing in the sea surf, and who playboats because there's
not always moving water to paddle around here. I did paddle a sea kayak
twice and I know how to navigate, but that's about it... :-)

I just remember that I surprised the sea kayakers I was with the first
day when sea kayaking by almost immediately rolling the boat after I
closed the spray deck. I consider it to be a pretty normal thing to do
after getting in a boat I don't know, but those sea kayakiners were
positively gawking. :-)

I don't recall benefits of each type of kayaking to the other being
discussed. I began as a sea kayaker and then got into ww, where I learned
more about strokes, rolling, currents, waves, holes, etc. in 6 months than
I did in about 5 years of sea kayaking. I like both ww and sea kayaking, and
sea canoeing for fishing and paddling with another person in boat.

What do you think might be interesting to discuss here?

Good question. :-)

Frankly, I don't feel any need to discuss anything right now: I've seen
a lot of discussions pass by. After seeing one question or topic started
for the umptieth time, I'm just not that interested about participating
in it any more.

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Wilko van den Bergh wilkoa t)dse(d o tnl
Eindhoven The Netherlands Europe
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