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  Quote dragorossinw Replybullet Topic: Design a Kayak Product
    Posted: 25 Apr 2008 at 10:44am
Here is your oportunity to infuence the industry.  If you could have one product that is missing from the softgoods line of the sport, what would it be?  Examples:  A dry pant, not bib, with a relief zipper.  Dry top with a wrist zipper pocket for snacks.  Dry Suite with reinforced legs for hiking expadition rivers.  Padded dry pants for open boaters.  You get the point.  Think it up and if it makes sense, you may see it for 2009.
 
 
 
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  Quote James Replybullet Posted: 25 Apr 2008 at 11:19am
A filter that could take your piss and let you drink it! Like on water world or Dune!

You know like the Stillsuit. That way you could always hydrate even when the river water is dirty or if its so low you don't want to decrease the level any more!
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  Quote justin Replybullet Posted: 25 Apr 2008 at 2:15pm

My Bomber drytop has a wrist pocket for snacks already.

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  Quote Tobin Replybullet Posted: 25 Apr 2008 at 2:44pm
Can you make a product that will make Leif "cool"
 
Seems to me that would be a huge benifit to the WW community
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  Quote James Replybullet Posted: 25 Apr 2008 at 2:47pm
But can it filter pee into lemondade?
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  Quote JoesKayak Replybullet Posted: 25 Apr 2008 at 3:18pm
Maybe you should just try different people's pee until you find one you like. I'll donate a cupful.
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  Quote franzhorner Replybullet Posted: 25 Apr 2008 at 3:42pm
I would like to design an oar poggie. I have a few ideas as to how it would work. For now I use my kayak poggie on my oars. Poggies are the best for keeping my hands and whole body warm. One problem is if you swim, your hands will get severely cold...
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  Quote James Replybullet Posted: 25 Apr 2008 at 3:44pm
Thats disgusting Joe... what in the world is wrong with you....

I just wanted a stillsuit for crying out loud
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  Quote slickhorn Replybullet Posted: 25 Apr 2008 at 4:31pm
wouldn't a STILLsuit turn pee into sour mash whiskey? never did understand that about ol FH.
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  Quote dave Replybullet Posted: 25 Apr 2008 at 8:18pm
A self looping boat, ya, thats the ticket!
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  Quote dave Replybullet Posted: 25 Apr 2008 at 8:19pm
O BTW James, if I eat allot of asparagus my urine smells really cool. Want me to save you some?
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  Quote jblum Replybullet Posted: 25 Apr 2008 at 11:30pm
1)  How about special grip stuff for your paddle that is self-warming.  That way your hands stay warm without gloves or poggies.

2)  A cockpit rim/ spray skirt combo that is actually dry.  And no, Jackson's aren't dry...  they're better than the shitty dagger boats, but I want totally dry.

3)  A sponge that is recycled, not made out of sponge (the animal), and is totally biodegradeable

4)  A waterproof camera that I don't break every 6 mos... =( 
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  Quote James Replybullet Posted: 26 Apr 2008 at 12:18am
A self winding throw bag!!!!!

PS Thomas still needs to pick out my knots
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  Quote jP Replybullet Posted: 26 Apr 2008 at 10:39pm
-A Deck-mountable GPS  with a Boof-o-metric self angulator . The Pro model  would have a flux capacitor, too.

Honestly, If I felt like I had a really good Idea for the soft goods market, I'd probably market it myself or have someone near me do it who'd pay me for my idea, rather than giving it to someone who I'd then have to buy it back from.

No offense. That said, if I see something you're selling on the self and I think It'd benefit me, sure, I'd buy it. Unfortunately most of the peripheral STUFF is overpriced.

"I know, I know, if you can't say something nice...."

But seriously, if you can rig up that Flux capacitor thing, Me 'an James will be be all the rage tearing up the rivers in the 1950's in our futur-o-istic Stillsuits!!

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  Quote STLboater Replybullet Posted: 26 Apr 2008 at 10:43pm
James- i've heard of fishing reel devices for throw bags.  i also hear they jam up real easy once grit gets in em.

We need a sprayskirt tunnel that does not let water down the center of your back.
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  Quote SupaSta Replybullet Posted: 27 Apr 2008 at 1:37pm
Semi-dry pants with neoprene ankle cuffs - latex ankle gaskets are way too hard to put on and take off.
 
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  Quote STLboater Replybullet Posted: 27 Apr 2008 at 1:58pm
+ they break easy
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  Quote dragorossinw Replybullet Posted: 27 Apr 2008 at 11:26pm
I should have known better then ask a bunch of clowns.  For everyones information:
 
STLboater: We have a latex free dry top, Zone, and have a latex free dry pant for this fall, super high waist, so no need to roll the bulky things together, I have never had seapage.  You can pull and ream the gaskets on the Zone and the new pants and they hold up nicely and I am tyold folks are getting 3x the life out of our gaskets then they would a latex one.   And as for the water down your back, a V shock paired with the Zone, gives you a higher tunner, and clups in the Zone Dry Top to keep the skirt from coming off, I would say down with your skirt if it wasn' you.
 
jblum:  Already done, check out the V-Shock Deks, the euro style gives an added leak protection with the aded coated fabric to keep water out, and the skrit from imploding. And you wouldn't need a sponge if you had a V-Shock protecting your rim! 
 
wetmouse:  Don't hate the player....Hate the game.
 
franzhorner:  Oar Poggie....You might have something there??
 
Tobin:  I do not think any company in the world has enough time, resources, employees, fabric, or desire to make leif look cool.
 
Everyone:  As for the mash whiskey....lets try to get some flasks made up from recycle plastic that will fit in a PFD (Oh yah).... And a lot of whiskeys I try already taste like James' urine.
 
P.S.:  I will be up at the Chilliwack Festival May 2-4, so stop by and try the gear for yourself, until then, don't judge. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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  Quote RemAcct2 Replybullet Posted: 28 Apr 2008 at 7:43am
Are you guys saying I don't look cool? I am going to go cry now...
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  Quote dragorossinw Replybullet Posted: 28 Apr 2008 at 8:05am
Are you guys saying I don't look cool? I am going to go cry now...
 
No, no... you look cool... even my mommy said I was Special
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  Quote JoesKayak Replybullet Posted: 28 Apr 2008 at 9:00am
Originally posted by franzhorner

I would like to design an oar poggie. I have a few ideas as to how it would work. For now I use my kayak poggie on my oars. Poggies are the best for keeping my hands and whole body warm. One problem is if you swim, your hands will get severely cold...



I've seen these before. It's been a long time, but I remember a couple of cat boaters I knew back when I was living in Oregon had them.
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  Quote JoesKayak Replybullet Posted: 28 Apr 2008 at 9:00am
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Thats disgusting Joe... what in the world is wrong with you....

I just wanted a stillsuit for crying out loud


Yeah. I know, I was totally out of line. I should be ashamed.
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  Quote James Replybullet Posted: 28 Apr 2008 at 5:03pm
We messed this all up... again. We could have made use of a good opportunity here. Sorry tony... but not joe, yer nasti
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  Quote STLboater Replybullet Posted: 28 Apr 2008 at 5:47pm
Until anyone else packs a world class snack box, AND buys a sick kayak rack, BOTH of which benefit the community, Lief is ice cold.
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  Quote Tobin Replybullet Posted: 28 Apr 2008 at 6:04pm
Originally posted by James

A self winding throw bag!!!!!

PS Thomas still needs to pick out my knots
 
  James, 
   You should see what he did to my climbing rope yesterday.
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