Professor Paddle: Why Golf?

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   I was chatting with my employer today and the oddest subject came up.

Sports... 

We talked about his love of Golf and how he golfs with business people
and has meetings based around the Green. Then we chatted about Kayaking
and how I love the sport. Then he says to me, yea but how can kayaking
help your business? Golf can!

It's the dog gone truth though. If you golf you meet people and build
relationships that you would rarely ever beable to build if you did not
share the hobby. I started wondering... How the heck did golf become
the business past time? Why not baseball? Well I suppose it would be
hard to talk business with the catcher while your swinging a 10lb bat
above his head, so what other sports have been around for a long time
that are good for business. I really can't think of any can you?

The better question in my mind is how can we make kayaking like that.
Now I know what the first thing that will come out of a bunch of
peoples mouths...

I go kayaking to get away from all that crap, I go kayaking to enjoy
the river and the peaceful surroundings. Guess what your wrong.... you
kayak because you love it. All that stuff is gravy on top. Don't get me
wrong I like to kayak for those reasons to, but that does not mean that
I could not have fun kayaking on a business trip, and that does not
mean that I would want to only kayak during meetings, it would just be
another way for me to get on the water, and best of all it would be a
way to get on the water under the guise of "work". 

So who's with me? Who wants to find more ways to boat, and boat in more ways than one?

I think the coolest thing would be for a bunch of people to get
together for business meetings on the river. Weekday boating that was
paid by the business it generated, finally away for non-pro boaters to
hit it up all the time and not get fired doing it!