Chillin’
Published June 19, 2012 | 
Do we take this whole kayaking thing too seriously? I don’t know. I can tell you that it was fun and cringe-worthy all at the same time to take a local state park kayak tour over the weekend. The tour was great. But all around me I could see all those Uber kayaker n0-nos.. Life jacket undone or out of sight, lots of cotton, shoe-stringed shoes, upside down paddles, no tow ropes, no paddle floats…. You know, just a typical day paddling a Wisconsin lake. Everyone had a great time. I was diggin’ it. Still, that inner coach in me kept asking.. “Yeah, but what if?”
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Gee. I hear you! Boat launches make me cringe when I see how many people head out so poorly prepared. But then, I remember what I did when I first started paddling and didn’t know much. Please keep teaching and preaching. That’s how we learn.
Cheers from Canada.
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Know what you mean, My father in law goes out in his kayak without a sprayskirt, pump or paddlefloat – he says he feels safer without the skirt as he can get out…. Hopefully I’ll be able to teach him to self rescue this summer, he might get a pump and paddlefloat for christmas