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Re: Off Topic: I had been standing all day . . . .
By:JohnAbercrombie
Date: 9/10/2013, 12:56 pm
In Response To: Re: Off Topic: I had been standing all day . . . . (Dan Caouette (CSCWC))

Honestly, I've never seen why SUPs are all the rage.
I just don't get it...

Dan, Dan...you are just behind the times!

First, when you are on a SUP the ocean is a warmer, kinder place. So you don't need any sort of immersion clothing or a PFD, even in the PNW area. And SUPs are safe, so you don't need any other safety equipment, either.

An extra benefit is that you can show all of your fantastic body and sharp clothing choices to the spectators.

And, the onlookers have plenty of time to give you the once-over since you are moving so slowly on a SUP.

You also get to exercise 'your whole core', unlike the situation in a kayak. Everybody knows kayaking only exercises the arms.

To enhance the spectator experience, be sure to use your bent-shaft SUP paddle in 'hook mode', like 80% of the SUP enthusiasts in the Victoria BC area. Canoeists think that's 'backwards', but they also are 'so yesterday'.

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Dave Gentry -- 9/9/2013, 9:38 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 9/9/2013, 10:01 am
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Kurt Maurer -- 9/9/2013, 7:10 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 9/10/2013, 12:00 pm
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Greg_H -- 9/10/2013, 12:12 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 9/10/2013, 12:32 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 9/10/2013, 12:56 pm
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Ken Blanton -- 9/10/2013, 6:42 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 9/10/2013, 11:06 pm
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Ken Blanton -- 9/11/2013, 3:13 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 9/11/2013, 5:03 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 9/11/2013, 7:05 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/15/2013, 2:13 am
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Noel Bennett -- 9/13/2013, 11:32 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 9/14/2013, 9:57 am
COLREGS not colleges- autocorrect! *NM*
Malcolm Schweizer -- 9/14/2013, 9:58 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/15/2013, 2:18 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 9/15/2013, 10:27 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/16/2013, 1:36 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 9/15/2013, 12:04 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 9/15/2013, 1:23 pm
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Noel Bennett -- 9/17/2013, 11:39 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/11/2013, 1:34 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 9/10/2013, 9:00 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 9/10/2013, 9:39 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 9/11/2013, 4:08 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 9/11/2013, 7:15 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 9/11/2013, 7:55 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 9/12/2013, 4:06 am
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Kurt Maurer -- 9/12/2013, 8:17 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 9/12/2013, 10:44 pm
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John Messinger -- 9/13/2013, 7:19 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 9/13/2013, 9:33 am
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Etienne Muller -- 9/13/2013, 9:44 am
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Kurt Maurer -- 9/13/2013, 9:57 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 9/13/2013, 10:48 am
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Robert Horstmann -- 9/15/2013, 10:50 am
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Etienne Muller -- 9/15/2013, 3:32 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/16/2013, 1:45 am
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ancient kayaker -- 9/16/2013, 7:40 am
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Greg_H -- 9/11/2013, 1:14 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 9/11/2013, 9:54 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 9/11/2013, 10:41 pm
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scottbaxter -- 9/11/2013, 11:04 pm
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Nick Riccardi -- 9/12/2013, 8:15 am
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Sean Dawe -- 9/13/2013, 11:06 am
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Sean Dawe -- 9/13/2013, 11:06 am
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Etienne Muller -- 9/13/2013, 12:18 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 9/12/2013, 2:20 am
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Robert Horstmann -- 9/12/2013, 9:59 am
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Kurt Maurer -- 9/12/2013, 8:09 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/15/2013, 2:28 am
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Thor -- 9/11/2013, 11:29 pm