Ikelos Arrived
Published June 21, 2007 | 
Until tomorrow it’s all I can say.
Take the time to find the world another way.
I wanna be more than yesterday and somehow find a way to this new religion.
- polyphonic spree
Thanks to the personal attention of Christie Dobson at Werner Paddles, my new Ikelos paddles arrived today. The Ikelos is a full sized, high angle blade generally designed for folks with some decent conditioning. I’m not sure I qualify as “well conditioned” but I love the connection a big blade gives you with the water. The blades are amazingly buoyant which gives you a great feel in the water. Beautiful for braces and rolling. These are the big dogs I’ll be using in Puerto Rico in 39 days. The 4 piece is available as a special order. It does add a bit of weight to the paddle (standard is about 26oz), but it’s not bad and the convenience for travel makes up easily for the couple extra ounces. I really recommend that when you look at new paddles you should give one of the “Performance Core” paddles a try. If you’ve never tried them before that extra buoyancy will be a big surprise.
In other news, I’m sure you noticed the site was down today. I started yesterday moving KQuixotica over to a new server and there was a bit of a delay in the switch. But it’s all worked out now and we are back up and running. Sorry for that.
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5 Responses to Ikelos Arrived
What will the Lendal people say Derrick ? Next you will be paddling a Perception kayak . Jim
It’s painful, Derrick. I forgive you. Wait. They fired me!! Screw Lendal. I’m kidding. Kind of. Seriously, there’s so much good stuff out there, how does one choose?
LOL!! Well you know the phrase, “all boats are good boats” but it’s highly unlikely you’re going to see me in a perception LOL!!!
Hey Megan! Yeah, both companies make great gear (so far). So for me it ultimately came down to paddling for me is a “feel good” sport and after all that stuff went down I wasn’t feeling really good when I hauled out my L. When companies start making everything about the bottom line, I’m the first to get the hell out of the equation. LOL! I’m still one of those sad saps that think it’s the people who matter.
Pnetter bruce paddle an Ikelos. He likes it really well.
Loyalty is a hard thing to come by these days, and the nod to the people makes me feel good that optimism for the people side of business is not energy entirely wasted. Enjoy the water.