Comments on: More on the W Kayak Riding-Over Position http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/06/04/more-on-the-w-kayak-riding-over-position/ Kayak Fishing and Paddling - The New Standard in Fishing Kayaks. Fishing Kayak Reviews, and Kayak Fishing Trip Reports, Movies, Pictures and Articles By and For Kayak Anglers. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:03:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: prepaid card http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/06/04/more-on-the-w-kayak-riding-over-position/#comment-682 prepaid card Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:12:32 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/?p=122#comment-682 Nice Site! Nice Site!

]]> By: admin http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/06/04/more-on-the-w-kayak-riding-over-position/#comment-630 admin Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:13:03 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/?p=122#comment-630 The Riding-Over position feels stable once you get used to it. So far we've tried it only on flat and slow moving water, so it's too early to say how stable it is in moving water. I think the regular Riding position is stabler though, but I could be wrong, and the Riding-Over position would prove to be as stable after we get more experience with it. The Riding-Over position feels stable once you get used to it.
So far we’ve tried it only on flat and slow moving water, so it’s too early to say how stable it is in moving water.
I think the regular Riding position is stabler though, but I could be wrong, and the Riding-Over position would prove to be as stable after we get more experience with it.

]]> By: Graham Rubens http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/06/04/more-on-the-w-kayak-riding-over-position/#comment-629 Graham Rubens Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:07:24 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/?p=122#comment-629 The future of paddling! BTW, the riding-over position looks pretty stable - Is it as stable as riding the saddle? The future of paddling!

BTW, the riding-over position looks pretty stable - Is it as stable as riding the saddle?

]]> By: DaveC http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/06/04/more-on-the-w-kayak-riding-over-position/#comment-628 DaveC Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:03:27 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/?p=122#comment-628 Sometimes I think of the w as a kind of time machine that takes me to the future ( :-) ) Sometimes I think of the w as a kind of time machine that takes me to the future ( :-) )

]]> By: admin http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/06/04/more-on-the-w-kayak-riding-over-position/#comment-627 admin Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:36:00 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/?p=122#comment-627 OK people, how about we move on from the past back to the present? :-) I'd like to remind everyone that this blog post is about the Riding-Over W kayak position. Yoav OK people, how about we move on from the past back to the present? :-)
I’d like to remind everyone that this blog post is about the Riding-Over W kayak position.
Yoav

]]> By: DaveC http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/06/04/more-on-the-w-kayak-riding-over-position/#comment-626 DaveC Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:31:54 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/?p=122#comment-626 A visit to paddling.net feels like a weird trip back in time in a time machine... weird vibes--- Dave A visit to paddling.net feels like a weird trip back in time in a time machine… weird vibes—
Dave

]]> By: Warren http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/06/04/more-on-the-w-kayak-riding-over-position/#comment-625 Warren Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:20:27 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/?p=122#comment-625 never been there --what are u people talking about?? never been there –what are u people talking about??

]]> By: azmat http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/06/04/more-on-the-w-kayak-riding-over-position/#comment-624 azmat Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:16:19 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/?p=122#comment-624 I first visited that website a couple of years ago and it struck me as being some kind of relic from the past. I didn't realize so many people knew about it. matt I first visited that website a couple of years ago and it struck me as being some kind of relic from the past. I didn’t realize so many people knew about it.
matt

]]> By: admin http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/06/04/more-on-the-w-kayak-riding-over-position/#comment-623 admin Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:04:50 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/?p=122#comment-623 Sorry, you may not say so on this blog...:-D Sorry, you may not say so on this blog…:-D

]]> By: Knucklewalker http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/06/04/more-on-the-w-kayak-riding-over-position/#comment-622 Knucklewalker Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:01:43 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/?p=122#comment-622 I read that thing, and it's a load of [<em>edited</em>], if I may say so, K I read that thing, and it’s a load of [edited], if I may say so,
K

]]> By: Quebec Seakayaker http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/06/04/more-on-the-w-kayak-riding-over-position/#comment-621 Quebec Seakayaker Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:58:00 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/?p=122#comment-621 It's one of those "portal" things left over from the roaring nineties... whenever I visit that site I feel like I'm watching a documentary on the history channel. Boring! It’s one of those “portal” things left over from the roaring nineties… whenever I visit that site I feel like I’m watching a documentary on the history channel.
Boring!

]]> By: Mike M http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/06/04/more-on-the-w-kayak-riding-over-position/#comment-620 Mike M Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:53:04 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/?p=122#comment-620 Their website is no longer relevant. Its format is antiquated and the content repetitive and moldy. Mike Their website is no longer relevant. Its format is antiquated and the content repetitive and moldy.
Mike

]]> By: April Leder http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/06/04/more-on-the-w-kayak-riding-over-position/#comment-619 April Leder Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:44:42 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/?p=122#comment-619 I stopped visiting that website years ago, after I realized I was bored. They keep repeating themselves and argue about the same senseless questions such as "canoe or kayak"... It's as if they got stuck somewhere in the eighties or nineties. April I stopped visiting that website years ago, after I realized I was bored. They keep repeating themselves and argue about the same senseless questions such as “canoe or kayak”…
It’s as if they got stuck somewhere in the eighties or nineties.
April

]]> By: jeremy http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/06/04/more-on-the-w-kayak-riding-over-position/#comment-618 jeremy Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:38:40 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/?p=122#comment-618 I just read an article titled "When Nature Calls Answer" on Paddling dot net about a technique for relieving oneself on the water (number two), which involved having a paddling partner brace your sit-in kayak while you somehow inch out of the cockpit and straddle the ends of your kayak and that of your partner so as to enable you to do your business in the gap between them. Presumably there's very deep, very cold water involved to necessitate such a precarious maneuver, and one would hope very little wave action. I am compelled to observe, however, that in my experience such conditions usually do involve waves. There are obvious safety, privacy, athletic and aesthetic issues involved, not to mention environmental concerns. The article had a picture of a fully clothed kayaker in a wet suit demonstrating this maneuver while his partner braced him and averted his eyes. The need for a bag or other container for waste is referenced, although this is not shown, and it's hard to imagine how someone desperately suspending him or herself between two bobbing kayaks would hold one; never mind perform the intended personal function, not to mention the subsequent clean up, dressing, and return maneuvers. Indeed the mind, or at any rate my mind, can't even encompass how one would get out of one's wet suit, or having succeeded in doing so then exit the cockpit with it around one's ankles, never mind accomplish the rest of the maneuver. The only consolation would be the very real possibility of a grand prize on America's Funniest Home Videos. I really don't want to see a picture of anyone doing this on your website, or anyone elses, but I infer from your pictures of the riding over the hull tips position that it could be easily and safely performed solo on a W boat, possibly even more securely while sitting side saddle. If one anticipates such a necessity in the course of his or her kayaking adventures I would think it a compelling reason to purchase your boat without regard to any of its other attractive features. I just read an article titled “When Nature Calls Answer” on Paddling dot net about a technique for relieving oneself on the water (number two), which involved having a paddling partner brace your sit-in kayak while you somehow inch out of the cockpit and straddle the ends of your kayak and that of your partner so as to enable you to do your business in the gap between them. Presumably there’s very deep, very cold water involved to necessitate such a precarious maneuver, and one would hope very little wave action. I am compelled to observe, however, that in my experience such conditions usually do involve waves.

There are obvious safety, privacy, athletic and aesthetic issues involved, not to mention environmental concerns. The article had a picture of a fully clothed kayaker in a wet suit demonstrating this maneuver while his partner braced him and averted his eyes. The need for a bag or other container for waste is referenced, although this is not shown, and it’s hard to imagine how someone desperately suspending him or herself between two bobbing kayaks would hold one; never mind perform the intended personal function, not to mention the subsequent clean up, dressing, and return maneuvers. Indeed the mind, or at any rate my mind, can’t even encompass how one would get out of one’s wet suit, or having succeeded in doing so then exit the cockpit with it around one’s ankles, never mind accomplish the rest of the maneuver. The only consolation would be the very real possibility of a grand prize on America’s Funniest Home Videos.

I really don’t want to see a picture of anyone doing this on your website, or anyone elses, but I infer from your pictures of the riding over the hull tips position that it could be easily and safely performed solo on a W boat, possibly even more securely while sitting side saddle. If one anticipates such a necessity in the course of his or her kayaking adventures I would think it a compelling reason to purchase your boat without regard to any of its other attractive features.

]]> By: Mike H http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/06/04/more-on-the-w-kayak-riding-over-position/#comment-617 Mike H Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:09:24 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/?p=122#comment-617 Sometimes it's easy to forget this boat is just 25 inches wide. It's about as wide as a pony. Mike H. Sometimes it’s easy to forget this boat is just 25 inches wide. It’s about as wide as a pony.
Mike H.

]]> By: admin http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/06/04/more-on-the-w-kayak-riding-over-position/#comment-616 admin Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:02:35 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/?p=122#comment-616 It's easy in the 2008 model. Children can easily ride over the W kayak, and it's even easier for them to paddle in this position because their feet are not dragging in the water as much as adults' feet are. <img src="http://www.wavewalk.com/three_passengers_in_fishing_kayak_12.jpg" alt="children riding over fishing kayak" /> <img src="http://www.wavewalk.com/kids_goofing_in_fishing_kayak_20.jpg" alt="two kids riding over their fishing kayak" /> It’s easy in the 2008 model.

Children can easily ride over the W kayak, and it’s even easier for them to paddle in this position because their feet are not dragging in the water as much as adults’ feet are.
children riding over fishing kayak

two kids riding over their fishing kayak

]]> By: Paul_PT http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/06/04/more-on-the-w-kayak-riding-over-position/#comment-615 Paul_PT Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:00:30 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/?p=122#comment-615 Can children ride over the w kayak? Paul Can children ride over the w kayak?
Paul

]]> By: caveman http://wavewalk.com/blog/2008/06/04/more-on-the-w-kayak-riding-over-position/#comment-614 caveman Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:58:40 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/?p=122#comment-614 Is it hard to switch from being in the cockpit to riding over it, or over the hulls ? and how easy is it to get back in? caveman Is it hard to switch from being in the cockpit to riding over it, or over the hulls ? and how easy is it to get back in?
caveman

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