Found my kayak. The one.

[tulip]

Catriona and lph, do you know if there is a kayak forum like this TE forum (although not necessarily woman-focused)? It would be great for a beginner kayaker like me to have a resource like TE, but for kayaking.

[Cataboo]

I read the forums over at cpakayaker.com - they are definitely not a chatty bunch in general though.

There are forums on paddling.net:
http://www.paddling.net/message/

But while searching there for specific information, I can't say that I've hung out there.

But - I'm always more than happy to talk kayaks!

And both LPH and tulip should come visit me

[Zen]

No, they should visit me

[Cataboo]

I'm gonna sing I'm popeye the sailor man everytime I see a pic f you in that boat.

You live 8 miles from me or something like that. We can share them.

You can totally have them after i tire them out.

[lph]

And both LPH and tulip should come visit me

Ooh, yes And anytime you're in Norway, swing on by

Dh just bought a new kayak. A Skim Dex, white with blue trim *drool* He had a Valley Aquanaut LV PE, but it was just too big for him.

I'm not really too jealous. I kayak more than he does, we mostly kayak alone, and I get to use it whenever I want

[NoNo]

Ooh, yes And anytime you're in Norway, swing on by

My friend made a similar offer last week and I'm taking him up on it. I'm driving 11 hours to Canada next month just so I can kayak at his beach house in the Thirty Thousand Islands. Don't think I won't hop a plane and check out Norway!

[tulip]

lph, I might take you up on that. I've kayaked in Alaska and it was stunning. Also in northern Quebec and that was amazing. I can only imagine the beauty of kayaking in Norway.

[Cataboo]

lph, I might take you up on that. I've kayaked in Alaska and it was stunning. Also in northern Quebec and that was amazing. I can only imagine the beauty of kayaking in Norway.

Must be gorgeous in the Fjords. I'm going with you if you're going! I have airline miles.

Actually, I'd love to kayak New Zealand and Scotland as well.

I've done some kayaking in Alaska, Quebec around Tadoussac with the whales, and Costa Rica... Drove to florida & Maine last year for kayaking trips - lake superior will be sometime soon to see the apostle islands

[lph]

Hey, if you're going to the fjords I wanna come too!

We live in Oslo, which does have a fjord as such, but not the fantastic steep mountainsides you find on the west coast. This is a Unesco World Heritage site and apparently considered one of the best places in the world (!) to kayak:
http://www.nettavisen.no/friluftsliv...cle1133253.ece
http://blink.dagbladet.no/reise/inde...Tag&tag=kajakk

Up north also has some amazing places to kayak, with mountains rising straight out of the ocean, white sandy beaches and a zillion little islands to paddle around. Only kayaked there for a few days last year but I have to go back. We stayed at this place, the "Sea nomad":
http://www.havnomaden.no/
It's a 2 day drive from here though.

Hey, I regularly post photos from my everyday kayaking on Facebook, so if anyone would like to see them, look me up through the TE page there. I'd like to see yours

[Kubla]

Catriona and lph, do you know if there is a kayak forum like this TE forum (although not necessarily woman-focused)? It would be great for a beginner kayaker like me to have a resource like TE, but for kayaking.

Tulip,

Try www.paddling.net I haven't "been" there for a while but it used to be a pretty good forum for kayaking. There are also owner reviews and classified ads if you are in the market.

[tulip]

Thanks Catriona and Kubla for providing information on the kayaking forums. I will take a look at them.

And thanks Catriona and Zen for fighting over me! That doesn't happen very often... When I visit one, I'll visit both. Y'all do the same. I live near the river.

[lph]

Catriona and lph, do you know if there is a kayak forum like this TE forum (although not necessarily woman-focused)? It would be great for a beginner kayaker like me to have a resource like TE, but for kayaking.

Forgot to answer this one. I haven't looked much for one, but I do frequent a Norwegian forum. I don't like it much for anything but pure factual information because there are too many people there who like to talk more than listen, if you get my drift. Let me know if you find a good one.