Posts Tagged ‘Reviews’

Well the dawn was coming, / Heard him ringing on my bell.
He said, “my names the teacher, / That is what I call myself.
– tull

Thumbs Up! I say that now because honestly I get really board reading long-winded reviews when all I needed was a gladiatorial thumbs up or thumbs down. So if you’re looking for the Circus Maximus version of my Sea Kayak with Gordon Brown review its, “Thumbs Up”. Gordon Lives!!

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Just for a change I took my P&H Scorpio down the Wisconsin river yesterday.  The Scorpio as you know is the plastic version of P&H’s very cool Cetus.  As it happened a couple on the trip had custom ordered 2 Cetus’ from P&H and were excited to be getting them next month.  I’ve chatted and paddled with the couple a few times on Rutabaga events so they were happy to tell me all about their new kayaks and where they hoped the new boats would lead.  Congratulations!

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Strap yourself to a tree with roots
You aint going nowhere.
– dylan

This lovely bit of artwork is what you get when you take a picture of the flooded fifth hatch in your Scorpio. It’s not as if I left the cover off or anything.  It simply fills (and I mean fills) with water if I roll the kayak.  I don’t believe it’s the kayak.  I think it’s the hatch cover.  Let me tell you why…

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I can hear chants and incantations
And some guy is mentioning me in his prayers
Well, I don’t know what it is
But there’s definitely something going on upstairs
– nick cave

I’m not sure why, but I was thinking of ICBMs.  The idea that we can sit on one side of the earth and wipe out the other side with little more than the press of a button.  In a way Antarctica is under assault from over the horizon.  While we at home debate whether a cool summer says anything about global warming, it’s raining on the Antarctic Peninsula.  In the often elusive battle of climate change, the earth’s poles are undoubtedly ground zero. Terra Antarctica examines the tell-tale silhouettes burned into the ice. And that’s just one part of the story…

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Dont worry about a thing,
cause every little thing gonna be all right.
Singin: dont worry about a thing,
cause every little thing gonna be all right!
- bob marley

God bless you merry gentle men and creators of the Optio. I figured I’d get that out of the way before I once again went on a short rant about the quality of the Pentax Optio. This time, the W60.

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Look at that sky, life’s begun
Nights are warm and the days are young
- bowie

Justine Curgenven is just about ready to head back to the states to begin the US leg of the premiere tour for This Is The Sea 4. (I’ll come join you in Chicago, btw.) The premiere parties are going to be lots of fun and more people than we can count will be taking home their copy of T4. Of course with the release of any new DVD, it’s also time to write a review. Now I confess that I’m totally in the bag for Justine and her work. What’s more I have worked with Justine for some time now on the web and off, including doing the cover art for the last two videos. I’m biased. You’d think that would be a good thing wouldn’t you!? Read the rest of this entry »

Yep, Gryphon has is own sea kayak! Even in his favorite color and everything. We had been talking about it for a couple months. “If”, I told Gryphon “the man with the children’s kayaks is there, we’ll get you your own kayak”. And he was there. . Surprisingly we were the first to buy one from him at the symposium since he first came last season.

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