:evil: PLEASE HELP ME SET SOMEONE STRAIGHT
I have a good friend who is hopelessly uninformed.
No matter what I tell him he compares our sport of paddling to competitive jump rope or speed roller skating. (A sport he used to compete in as a child by the way) He thinks whitewater kayaking is a joke. Referring to it as just another "dorky" sport that no one participates in. Other comparisons he's made are to Nascar, and that it's geeky to paddle a boat over rough water. I find this bickering just infuriating. As I hope you will as well. No matter how much I try to explain he just won't listen. The name rivernick came from years of obbsessive love for our sport. I used to push rubber for Timberline, instructed for confluence, guided in Costa Rica, safety boater in NZ etc. But now I live in San Diego where there are no rivers and he won't listen to me! But maybe he'll listen to all of you. Please keep any responses as unbiased and informative as possible but also feel free to make fun of him if, scratch that, when he begins to reply to this string. Any stories are welcome that make this large craniumed goof respect our sport. PADDLERS PLEASE HELP. Thanks............
I have a good friend who is hopelessly uninformed.
No matter what I tell him he compares our sport of paddling to competitive jump rope or speed roller skating. (A sport he used to compete in as a child by the way) He thinks whitewater kayaking is a joke. Referring to it as just another "dorky" sport that no one participates in. Other comparisons he's made are to Nascar, and that it's geeky to paddle a boat over rough water. I find this bickering just infuriating. As I hope you will as well. No matter how much I try to explain he just won't listen. The name rivernick came from years of obbsessive love for our sport. I used to push rubber for Timberline, instructed for confluence, guided in Costa Rica, safety boater in NZ etc. But now I live in San Diego where there are no rivers and he won't listen to me! But maybe he'll listen to all of you. Please keep any responses as unbiased and informative as possible but also feel free to make fun of him if, scratch that, when he begins to reply to this string. Any stories are welcome that make this large craniumed goof respect our sport. PADDLERS PLEASE HELP. Thanks............