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Well, I didn't expect those responses

Yeah was just wondering as opposed to wanting to do it myself. it looks.."interesting"

Has anyone converted one of these I wonder? Hue volume, funny little fold away skeg thing, bulkhead in the back with access hatch. Not much rocker so probably reasonably fast (well, I say fast, you know what I mean)

http://www.liquidlogickayaks.com/remix_xp10.cfm

No need for the blushes my friend, I'm 230. I have a fly and wondered about the weights of the guys in the pics - maybe it was the dry suits and gear that made them look...well built?

man that looks cold. Be interested to know what weights the guys in the flies are.

What do you weigh in pounds?

Out of interest, where in NZ are you? My Wife's a Kiwi (from Whittianga)

Pat, to my mind several things made them idiots. yes it's easy to be an armchair critic, but there were fundamental errors all round. 1) throw your paddle away when shooting a fall of that type - fairly vertical rock face, decent tow back (but not desperate). And WTF do kayakers throw their blades o...

Craig, careful there with that. They are most definitely not the same boat.

Morons. Utter morons.

An everest then.

I'm not sure that's a great barometer in terms of difference. an open boat could have looked equally smooth on that water, in fact probably more elegant in a few ways. Not taking anything away from BM though, clearly he's a decent paddler. I kind of wish that the shots were wider in the video though.

what do you weigh?

and what's it for?

how'd you find the burn? i have a hercules and a fink.

What do you paddle Larry?

I just talk like that Josh. lack of tone means it can be easily misinterpreted (my fault I know), but I didn't mean anything by it, more that it isnt a fear of loss of control, its simply what is appropriate for the water.[/i]