not sure about the name but yes he was an ocean kayaker

they hunted friggin whales in sea kayaks ballzy is that

i wonder how many they got

prolly more than the worlds got me

probably

i wonder what else they hunted for even though if they did get a whale they probably had food for a year

Actually they mainly hunted seals. Ring seals, harp seals, and bearded seals. Ring are best for eating

i am sure you know

Actualy I do know. My half sister is eskimo/inuit. i've actually eaten/hunted seals and whales.


Verbal Bitch slap

LOL

oww

sweet that is preety kewl. I was watching a show on a greenland adventure race (run 10k ski 20k paddle 10k) and they didnt make them wear life jackets. When asked by a reporter from America on why they didnt have to wear life jackets. he replied "why prolong the invetable." sorta makes you think twice before running a cold water river.

see the results of the big poll i did together with BT about a year ago:

playak.com/article.php?sid=1130

[color=cyan:e519c6053c]HA HA. I like it. The top 3 contains 2 South Africans [/color:e519c6053c]

[quote:e12aeec98b="arthur"]does anyone knows his name and wasn't that a oceankayaker [/quote:e12aeec98b]

I found this: www.cbca.org.br/historia.htm (in portuguese)
John MacGregor, a sottish lawyer, is reputed the first to use a kayak for sporting ends (rivers and lakes in Europe). He designed his own boat called "ROB ROY" and he wrote a book called "Un millier de miles dans le canoe Rob Roy", talking about his adventures.

I'd say Steve Fisher has to be up there too!

Good morning (at leat it is here)
Got to agree that the inuit accross the arctic have kayaking down to a fine science.
Hunting animals from a kayak is a crazy thing to do and they are good at it and for the most part they stay alive while doing it.
My wife and I spent a lot of years working in Canada's arctic and living in the communities. That included eating with them in the camps.
For what it is worth, seal will keep you alive but no matter the type of seal, it is in my humble opinion not too tasty (cooked or uncooked).
I will stay with the fish.

As for best paddler, it will keep changing through the years.
I used to watch Corran Addison going really big years ago.
He is still amazing but now EJ hold it down in our house and still gets my vote.

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really.. what communitites did you live in? Alaska or Canada

Since you ask,

We spent our summers in a couple of places in the Canadian Arctic.
One year was spent in Sheperds Bay (Taloyoak) and Igloolik.
Another was spent in Resolute and a lovely little spot called Grise Fjord.
Yet another was spent on a island called prince Charles Island off of Hall Beach.
I had the luxury of spending a work season on Resolution island (just off Frobisher Bay) which is polar bear paradise....
And a last season in a place (camp) in an inlet called Dundee Byte. (if you find the magnetic north on a map you will be with 50 miles of our camp.
Sylvie, my wife, was a helicopter pilot before we had kids and I was her mechanic. We traveled throughout the north working for different customers.
Those days are over but got lots of memories.
If you van stand the water temperature there are some really spectacular places to go paddling too.

Funny, my dad has worked in all of those places too!! I have only been to Iqualuit and Yellow knife a couple of times.

Where are you now?
And where do you paddle?

probably me

I live in the DC area now. i paddle stuff around here like the potomac which i happend to be on yesterday! I'v been living here for about 5 years now.

Oh yeah since the topic is best boater I will still stand with EJ.

honestly i dont give a crap who the best paddler is or was i think the best people are the people that you paddle with because when you go paddling and you have a real good day they r there to say man you were going for it wernt you or when youve had a rubbish day they give you sympathy i dont see EJ or corran adison doing that to me

yeah that is true

[quote:fd1fc7217f="texasfish"]i like ej's playboating video but to tell you the truth i have never seen any pictures of eric jackson going really steep creeking[/quote:fd1fc7217f]


theres a video on his site of them paddlin the green narrows and of him on the meadow

[quote:8199103dfa="nathan"]I live in the DC area now. i paddle stuff around here like the potomac which i happend to be on yesterday! I'v been living here for about 5 years now.[/quote:8199103dfa]


lot of fun runs around dc ive only paddled the potomac though

[quote:fab3230bf5="jackb"]honestly i dont give a crap who the best paddler is or was i think the best people are the people that you paddle with because when you go paddling and you have a real good day they r there to say man you were going for it wernt you or when youve had a rubbish day they give you sympathy i dont see EJ or corran adison doing that to me[/quote:fab3230bf5]

Nice. Having said that I have paddled in places where pro's have been on the shore and it feels really good to get a thumbs up from one of them even if you are takiing a crack at your first big wave or hole and got it dowmn without getting trashed.
You are mostly right though. Paddling with my friends and familly is #1 and getting their approval and support is the best feeling in the world.
But... That was not the question.
If you asked me who I enjoy paddling with more than anyone in the world and who impresses me the most every time I am on the water with him I got to say it is my son. (Hands down)
In the mean time....
DC sounds good.
Nathan: do you or for that matter any of you get up to this end of the world (Ottawa River, Lachine Rapids, Expo 67, northern new york)?
It would be really cool to paddle with some of the guys and gals on this site!

yeah but i don't think there are many members all the way down here in texas

We all need (Americans unless you want to travel to America to paddle) we should get together and go to the New Charlotte whitewater park