http://www.kayakquixotica.com Tilting At Waves Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:09:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/10/18/everybody-pogie/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/10/18/everybody-pogie/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:02:12 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=9057 It's pogie season again. It's not necessarily that the water is too cold. It's not that the air is freezing yet either. It's the combination of wet hands and wind that'll get ya. Now, let me go all "Back-in-the-day" on you for a minute. I've been paddling for a while now. Nearly 10 years. Being based here in Wisconsin, I feel like I've tried nearly every freaking glove the paddling industry has to offer. None, let me repeat that, none, have keep my hands warm on a cold, winter day paddle. Go look at the cost of heavy-duty winter paddling gloves and you'll see that this is a very expensive failure. ]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/10/18/everybody-pogie/feed/ 6 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/09/23/a-tale-of-two-undergarments/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/09/23/a-tale-of-two-undergarments/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:58:11 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=8982 I read recently that one big advantage to having bloggers review gear is that they can look at a product over time, and not just talk about stuff when it’s still all bright and shiny.  So with that in mind I wanted to talk about 2 old shirts.. or two old bit of paddling gear… whatever. [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/09/23/a-tale-of-two-undergarments/feed/ 1 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/09/13/tempest-teach-test/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/09/13/tempest-teach-test/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:02:36 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=8932 Last Saturday I decided to leave my kayak at home and use one of our student boats, the Tempest 165, to coach the intro to sea kayaking class.  One thing I’ve learned over the years is that when you take a kayak out to test paddle, you can sometimes be blinded to certain qualities of [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/09/13/tempest-teach-test/feed/ 0 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/08/19/sea-kayak-with-gordon-brown-v2/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/08/19/sea-kayak-with-gordon-brown-v2/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:19:42 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=8814 As with my review of the first edition of Sea Kayak With Gordon Brown, let me cut to the chase here.  Volume 2 includes a new trip, a bit of a history lesson, and lots of new skill work in real world conditions. V2 is a fun, tight presentation that will add to your skill [...]]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/08/19/sea-kayak-with-gordon-brown-v2/feed/ 6 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/08/17/i-cant-review-the-delphin/ http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/08/17/i-cant-review-the-delphin/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:18:54 +0000 derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/?p=8781 It's a surfer. In any other conditions it simply will not be at it's finest. Funny thing though, all the hype around the Delphin has a lot of folks who'll never actually go surfing salivating, regardless of how it may or may not paddle on flat water. If nothing else, it does show that P&H Sea Kayaks is simply destroying their competitors when it comes to marketing their products.]]> http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2011/08/17/i-cant-review-the-delphin/feed/ 34