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Offline JohnCyr

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Re: Champlain Thursdays Starts this Week!!!!
« Reply #9 on: March 24, 2011, 12:13:03 PM »
Youll have fun on that first wave! Big green! :)
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Re: Champlain Thursdays Starts this Week!!!!
« Reply #8 on: March 24, 2011, 11:42:09 AM »
I might be there. I might bring a sea kayak, though.
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Re: Champlain Thursdays Starts this Week!!!!
« Reply #7 on: March 24, 2011, 06:04:53 AM »
Richard and I will be there around 4:15
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Re: Champlain Thursdays Starts this Week!!!!
« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2011, 08:54:13 PM »
I will be there this thursday (tomorrow) ... should be interesting in the really really cold kindof way.
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Re: Champlain Thursdays Starts this Week!!!!--On television!
« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2011, 02:23:57 PM »
Hey folks... We arrived too late, the CTV camera crew had already left, but 2 guys in Jackson kayaks are shown surfing at Champlain at the 6:00 news on CTV last night,

http://ottawa.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110301/OTT_News_6_Archives_March_110301/20110301/?hub=OttawaHome

Just click on the March 17 archive. The clip starts around 9 minutes. It's just not us...

HOWEVER, the attentive watcher will spot something sad at 1:03, during the section about the big fire in Beechwood. I posted a screen capture below. Do we know who's the unfortunate soul? A yellow Fun...

--C.

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Re: Champlain Thursdays Starts this Week!!!!
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2011, 02:01:32 PM »
Quote from: ChristianG on Today at 11:43:17 AM
I'll be at Champlain between 16:00 and 16:30 tonight (Thursday 17th). And I won't wear anything.. --C.

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Re: Champlain Thursdays Starts this Week!!!!
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2011, 12:37:38 PM »
Quote from: ChristianG on March 17, 2011, 11:43:17 AM
I'll be at Champlain between 16:00 and 16:30 tonight (Thursday 17th). And I won't wear anything.. --C.

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Re: Champlain Thursdays Starts this Week!!!!
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2011, 11:43:17 AM »
I'll be at Champlain between 16:00 and 16:30 tonight (Thursday 17th). But I won't wear green. --C.
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Champlain Thursdays Starts this Week!!!!
« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2011, 01:54:55 PM »
Champlain Thursdays Starts this Week!!!!

Seriously, the water is extremely cold and the currents strong and this is not a good time for novice paddlers at all....

Only if you have a good roll (maybe you've been practicing in Costa Rica???) and if you have the proper cold weather attire.

Weather will be great! 11 Celsius. Champlain is rising ;D a bit, multiple waves with foam piles to surf. Not like Sewer where you have to wait one at a time. And Yes there is a bit of an eddy right now! And a rope on the wall if you fall back too far!

But not for beginners, unless you want to practice your rolls in the bottom eddy ( can you say ice-cream headache!!!!).
We'll meet after work (I will be there by 4ish) and paddle 'till dusk (7 ish) then go off to Whispers to plan our first descent!

Cheers,

Paul :)
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