Whitewater Forum: "A Chapter in Paddle Sport History"

"A Chapter in Paddle Sport History"

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Topic: "A Chapter in Paddle Sport History"

Posted By: Liz
Subject: "A Chapter in Paddle Sport History"
Date Posted: 17 Oct 2008 at 9:06am

"Chapter in Paddle Sport History from 1957 - 1963". Volker Beer, the German narrator, was a pioneer in whitewater kayaking in Europe.

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=kEy0HoEZ9M4 - http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=kEy0HoEZ9M4

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Posted By: James
Date Posted: 17 Oct 2008 at 9:21am

That sounds like the guy from easy rider in tukwila!

Posted By: PaulGamache
Date Posted: 17 Oct 2008 at 4:26pm

Paddling till the end:

Volker Beer: http://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/Accident_detail_accidentid_2794_ - AW Report

Sounds like he got after it for a long time.

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27/320 & 1 bootie

Posted By: water wacko
Date Posted: 18 Oct 2008 at 7:27am

Volker Beer "Helmets? Helmets are for motor biking! HA HA HA HA HA HA" 1 pot, 1 pan = pretty bad azz.

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"Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive." ~Howard Thurman

Posted By: oukr9965
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2008 at 11:20am

If you're into this kind of stuff there's a cool book by Elliot DuBois called "An Innocent of the Middle Fork." It's about the first solo descent of the Middle Fork Salmon in the 1940's. He was in fold boat. It's a short, but good read.

Posted By: dave
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2008 at 7:53pm

Most of the boats look like Easy Rider Dolphin class.

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Nomad

Posted By: dave
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2008 at 7:57pm

I think he is wrong when he says "Gone are the days when the people and the culture are a major part of the river adventure"
Just look at all the Meth heads out there that smash our windows and steal our stuff, and all the nice people that slow down their speeding vehicles while we try to cross busy highways with our Kayaks on our backs!
See, culture, nice people and adventure all in one!

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Nomad

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