: Hi Mike!

: I couldn't agree more, I found hip padding a poor soultion. After
: playing with Greenland boats and lots of rolling with many other
: style boats I find less padding in the hips the better. When the
: hips are padded you end up much more restricted and have a
: higher center of gravity when your lay on the water in a balance
: brace. That makes it harder to twist in the seat to brace and
: roll. I find being able to lock my legs aganist the under side
: of the deck a better approach. Also as far the skirt popping off
: I have this problem on my early boats and have changed to a
: wider lip on my later boats. A full neoprene skirt with the hard
: rubber, more grippy edges works best. Any form of colth on a
: skirt leaks and causes the boat to fill with water much quicker.

: If you really want to get serious about rolling go lower profile,
: narrow hull, ocean cockpit. Sorry I'm addicted to rolling!

: I need another trip out to see you west coast guy's it been 10
: years!

: Kent

It has been a while. I've kind of been out of the kayak scene for a few years, but now I'm hoping to take my kids out kayaking more, so I should be out there more often. Next year is the tenth anniversary of SSTIKS, you should come out here for it.