Comments on: “2008 Was A Banner Year For Wavewalk Kayaks” http://wavewalk.com/blog/2009/01/01/2008-was-a-banner-year-for-wavewalk-kayaks/ The World's Best Fishing Kayaks Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:18:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: admin http://wavewalk.com/blog/2009/01/01/2008-was-a-banner-year-for-wavewalk-kayaks/#comment-1220 admin Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:39:52 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/?p=210#comment-1220 Thanks Jeff, This website would have not been the same without your help. You're our kayak fishing guru! :D Yoav Thanks Jeff,
This website would have not been the same without your help.
You’re our kayak fishing guru!
:D
Yoav

]]> By: Jeff McGovern http://wavewalk.com/blog/2009/01/01/2008-was-a-banner-year-for-wavewalk-kayaks/#comment-1219 Jeff McGovern Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:26:34 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/?p=210#comment-1219 Just getting the new laptop up and running, sorry to be late commenting here. You've worked very hard and promoted the W with unfailing belief in it's performance over the other kayaks on the market. It rocks and nothing comes close. My intrest of course is the fishing side of the boat. I've never used a paddle craft of any kind for fishing that provides the combination of performance and joy of use the W does. Well done on a banner year sir. Just getting the new laptop up and running, sorry to be late commenting here. You’ve worked very hard and promoted the W with unfailing belief in it’s performance over the other kayaks on the market. It rocks and nothing comes close. My intrest of course is the fishing side of the boat. I’ve never used a paddle craft of any kind for fishing that provides the combination of performance and joy of use the W does. Well done on a banner year sir.

]]> By: admin http://wavewalk.com/blog/2009/01/01/2008-was-a-banner-year-for-wavewalk-kayaks/#comment-1218 admin Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:45:12 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/?p=210#comment-1218 The kayak market is 3-3.5 times bigger than the canoe market, but 'kayak' here means all types of kayaks, including sit-in, SOT, outrigger etc., and in all applications, including recreation, whitewater, touring, fishing etc. Altogether, there are over 400,000 units sold annually in the US canoe-kayak market. Yoav The kayak market is 3-3.5 times bigger than the canoe market, but ‘kayak’ here means all types of kayaks, including sit-in, SOT, outrigger etc., and in all applications, including recreation, whitewater, touring, fishing etc.
Altogether, there are over 400,000 units sold annually in the US canoe-kayak market.

Yoav

]]> By: Quebec Seakayaker http://wavewalk.com/blog/2009/01/01/2008-was-a-banner-year-for-wavewalk-kayaks/#comment-1217 Quebec Seakayaker Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:40:59 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/?p=210#comment-1217 How big is the canoe market relatively to the kayak market? QS How big is the canoe market relatively to the kayak market?
QS

]]> By: admin http://wavewalk.com/blog/2009/01/01/2008-was-a-banner-year-for-wavewalk-kayaks/#comment-1216 admin Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:38:27 +0000 http://wavewalk.com/blog/?p=210#comment-1216 The 2007 NMMA report talks about a flat market for canoes and a 12% drop for kayaks. The 8% decline in the 2008 kayak market is a number taken from a report issued to the public in December 08 by the CEO of the biggest manufacturer in this market. I think neither the NMMA nor that publicly traded company have an exact picture of the situation in the kayak market because data are hard to collect. However, their numbers can serve as good indications to general trends. Yoav The 2007 NMMA report talks about a flat market for canoes and a 12% drop for kayaks.
The 8% decline in the 2008 kayak market is a number taken from a report issued to the public in December 08 by the CEO of the biggest manufacturer in this market.
I think neither the NMMA nor that publicly traded company have an exact picture of the situation in the kayak market because data are hard to collect. However, their numbers can serve as good indications to general trends.

Yoav

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