Organizers told us to look festive. I could only see out of one eyehole for two miles, but I did it!

I've been wanting to ask this question, and I realize it comes across as heavy handed. But isn't not wearing a pfd considered unsafe behavior? I would say that qualifies for sure, especially if promoting water safety is your highest priority. Shouldn't photos without be removed?

I wear one every single time. Not on the water without it fastened.

I hardly wore one in my 20's, just had one on the boat for the law. I thought no I go surfing, this is fine, I can just throw it on if needed. But that is wrong and I see that now. I took an ACA course in my mid 30s and I learned all the people who die kayaking say stuff we hear all the time like "it was calm water" "I know the place" "its not that deep" ect.

I think we have to do everything we can to promote water safety, and the fewer images we have of unsafe behavior the better off we will be towards that goal.

Picked up a vibe makana for 900 bones with like 350 in extras, little did I know at the time why it was priced decently with not many scrapes for how much it was claimed to have been used, the sprocket teeth for the pedal drive are non existent, I don’t know how I’ll be able to recover from a $10 fix that will take literally 5 minutes to do with new sprockets

Outside of the satire this is a pretty funny situation, I feel like I did pretty good on this purchase

Only car I got but it'll do!!

I usually just play a supporting role, not a leadership one. Ofc i’m really nervousss

Getting colder. Even when it’s cold enough to wear a wetsuit idk what to do about my toes?

So far I just go barefoot and deal with it then complain about it later to whoever will listen. “Have a good time?” Yeah, except I narrowly escaped frostbite. As a non-paddler you wouldn’t understand. Etc, etc

I don’t do sneakers because water will splash on them and I can’t deal with wet socks. That happens I’m just going to go home. Wet socks straight up ruins the day.

Idk if there’s a better way and I gave up googling. Need a good waterproof shoe recommendation or something

P.S. Please don’t tell me to buy a dry suit. I am basic 😫

I don’t mind getting wet when kayaking. But there is a bar on the river that I can get to form my house by kayak. Don’t care about getting back but I’d like to get there dry so I can smell fresh and still pull some honeys. What do ya’ll more experienced folks think?

My wife and I decided to go kayaking for our 7yr anniversary. It was fun but the water was really choppy and her fun meter started to quickly drain. She snapped this picture of the new truck. Thought I'd share it with yall.

Update: We ended up with way more than we thought we would get and greatly appreciate your input. Thanks again for taking the time to help them innovate!

My son's Lego League Team was challenged to invent something that makes a recreational activity more inclusive for the community. They decided to focus on kayaking and have been working on their invention for the past five months.

They placed well in their recent competition and are headed to the state championships in March. However, they were asked to do more research on if their product is a good fit and are charged with surveying kayakers. Considering they are between 5th and 7th grade, that has become a little bit of a challenge.

I was hoping you might be able to participate in their survey to help them adjust their invention so that they can make adjustments before the state championship.

https://forms.gle/PrsAf6RmyAbTR4Xa7

I apologize in advance is this post is not allowed. I just figured this would be the best place to share their survey and help them out. I've also included their picture at a recent competition so that you can see they are a real team of kids just trying to make their community better.

I just recently bought my first own kayak gear and I have been kayaking a few times before. Wearing a PFD is not required where i live. I have never worn one on my previous trips but a lot of places say it's a must. Do you usually wear a PFD? Should I wear one? If it's not a must, how can I decide when to wear one?

To be honest, I wasn't aware people were wearing PFDs for kayaking until i started looking into it. My first few times in a kayak were with a therapy institution. None of us had previous experience, we were not supervised by a guide or social worker and there were some of us who didn't know how to swim so i always assumed it just wasn't that dangerous. To be fair, it was on a small and fairly easy river, but if PFDs are that important, it would have been really irresponsible.

edit: it sounds like some people are misunderstanding my mentions of my first kayaking experiences so i just want to clarify that while kayaking with the institution, we were not given the option of wearing a PFD. there was no mention of PFDs any of the three times i went kayaking with the institution

This is the most ridiculously uncomfortable looking kayaking I've ever seen. I just thought you all might enjoy the face palm.

A source told me this is a new model from Oru 😂 JUST KIDDING!

Okay okay, this is a fake kayak - it's Ai generated, BUT if you were stuck on an island full of cardboard boxes and this was the best that you could do, would you take it? Would there be a way to make it viable? Could you coat the cardboard with wax? How could it be made "sea seaworthy"...

I'm intrigued because I imagine it is possible with the proper coating to make a cost effective Oru style folding kayak with cardboard if it could be made water proof or resistant.

Thoughts?