WORDSfromReaders GCX3 BREATHABLE FABRICS Not-so-international trade dispute
I tried to subscribe to your magazine online through a link from
Paddling.net. Imagine my surprise when the only coun- try available was the United States.
What gives? I live in Canada, which, as you know, is the land of countless waterways. Hello… Bad business move! There’s a big world out there.
Linda McCauley Canadian cyberspace
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Dear Linda.
Paddling.net is a U.S. paddling website so it seemed a good business move to link it directly to our U.S. subscription page. On that same page we offer a link for Canadian as well as international subscribers. And yes, we know Canada is a land of countless waterways. Our office is a two-hour drive (one-week paddle) west of Ottawa. It’s a small world really.
—Ed. Waiting for winter GUL T:888 234-0771
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First, I wish to thank you for the chance to download back- issue online magazines in PDF format. With much surprise I noticed that Adventure Kayak, Winter 2003, has not been converted into a downloadable PDF format. Is there a far hope to get that issue in PDF?
Sante Lillo Italy (the country with more than 8,000 kilometres of coastline)
Nope. In 2003 we changed our quarterly publishing sched- ule so that we have spring, early summer, summer and fall issues, with no winter issue. Because even though we have 243,000 kilometres of coastline in Canada, not to mention millions of kilometres of inland lakeshores, much of it is frozen in the winter.
—Ed. Wax on Grasshopper
Although my wife and I have done our share of canoeing over the years, with our upcoming move to B.C. we’ve been learning more about sea kayaking. I’ve been read- ing through the back issues of Adventure Kayak online (thank-you!).
In the Spring 2004 issue you had an article on exercises for kayakers. I have an even better suggestion: t’ai chi, a martial art going back some seven centuries. Performing t’ai chi regularly will do many things: stretch and strengthen tendons and ligaments, stretch and elongate the spine (my wife gained half an inch in height), massage and help the internal organs, work the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, etc.
What made me realize the connection with your article is that t’ai chi is based on moving the body from the spine rather than turning the body using the arms. Even just the foundation exercises will go a long way to giving kayakers a strong foundation for paddling, as well as increase their balance and loosen them up.
Mike Nelson Pedde Peterborough, Ontario
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