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Yeah, but you generally know you're in a wave and potentially going over and probably are prepared to grab an extra breath... I will say that a few times this summer, I've been reaching to do the...

the gasping for breath might be a reaction to the cold water - cold water gasp reflex.

Since you paddle alone most - Practice reentering & rolling - with a paddle float at first, and then...

There is nothing in life that I hate more than a soggy wetsuit. I avoid it all costs :) Especially if i'm on a multi-day trip, 'cause there's nothing worse than waking up in the morning to put on...

I've been playing a lot in the surf this summer and a couple times in whitewater. I was surprised to find my roll pretty bombproof everytime I've inadvertently gone over (if I don't get it the...

Stalking racoons:
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Cold water boot camp video on hypothermia:
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Paddling over in Blackwater for the Wild Goose Chase:...

I shoulda named this thread show us where cat paddled.

Fall color:

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The water temperatures are changing fast - it's already down in the 60's around here.

You can google full on drysuits - but those are $500+ - if you want to paddle all winter, that's what you...

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That's a great price for the weight of that. I met the owner of Lincoln Canoe & Kayak when in Maine - very nice guy.

Camping on Mockhorn Island:

The silhouette gets Arch Nemesis Duck:
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Let me guess - you took the sailing ship cruise?

Paddling in Maine:

Yes, that is a seal's head:
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She's got a erlenmeyer flask in one hand and I'm not quite sure what's in the other hand, other than its lab related.

wow. Apparently everyone else has way more hardcore mascots than I do. Kalidurga was showing me her voodoo doll.

My kayak is officially a tandem. I no longer paddle alone.

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Great pics of the herons, Zen - if you paddle on the Potomac around dc, the herons are so used to humans they will let you get quite close without moving.

Herons always make the...

Great pics - I wish I'd paddled more in Michigan, but there were 25 mph winds when I was there and my wrists were on their last legs.

Zen - I wanna see heron pics, I very rarely manage a close...

Both my boats need some serious gel coat repairs now. I miss plastic, sort of. The 3-4 days of small crafts advisories and 25 mph+ winds would have been horrible with plastic, but it's nice being...

Nono, Looks like a great trip with your family. I haven't managed to convince my mother to come out with me at any point - But my older brother's taken up kayaking and biking in the last year, and...

Put your skirt on first - as high up as you can, and then put your pfd on over it. It shouldn't ride up then. You can also change the high backband on your tsunami to something simpler -...

and wear your pfd. However, You can't count on always staying in the boat - especially in open water.

K. Well, none of my kayaking pfds do that, and I've got several different types.

So you guys should just buy a different one :)

btw... thanks for the invitation :0

As for shoulder straps, I don't know - how tightly do you have it tightened around your waist? I leave mine a little loose because it's easier to rotate. do...

Yes. Splashing water on it and shaking it off can get rid of the drops or salt stuff on the lens. Mine doesn't get too wet tucked into the top of my pfd.