http://worldkayakblogs.com/fluidflow The Water, The Wonder, The World..plus some random stuff. Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:17:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been gone WAY TOO LONG! School has taken up most of my time in the past couple months, but now that the time for paddling is upon me, I thought I might try to revive this old thing. Let's see, since my last post I have: -gotten a job ... http://worldkayakblogs.com/fluidflow/2008/03/07/im-back-and-looking-for-a-zg-48/ "We hiked our Funs into the woods the night before, and hid them, knowing that we wouldn't be able to successfully walk around in public during the day with the kayaks and not get noticed.* Not to mention that the border guards were literally 50 yards away and in full ... http://worldkayakblogs.com/fluidflow/2007/09/23/eric-jacksons-unwise-run-of-the-niagra-gorge/ Sorry, my asci description somehow got deleted last time, so here it is again. Just as a quick note: look out for the rafts and duckies. I was smashed sideways between a raft and a rock, causing a blade of my paddle to snap in half. Keep some distance from ... http://worldkayakblogs.com/fluidflow/2007/09/09/asciit-rocked/ Today at four everyone should celebrate! At least, I'll be celebrating, because...MY CAST IS GETTING CUT OFF!!!!!!!!! Finally, after six weeks spent in two casts (one above and below elbow), IT IS COMING OFF!!!!! too many exclamation points? NAAAAHHHH!!!) We'll have to see how strong my arm is before ... http://worldkayakblogs.com/fluidflow/2007/08/23/finally/ So, I've been out to Potomac Paddlesports' shop (in Rockville,MD, near the White Flint Metro station) a bunch in the past week, and I love it. It's only about a 40 minute metro ride for me, and then a little walk. I go out there because ... http://worldkayakblogs.com/fluidflow/2007/08/22/totally-shameless-plug-for-potomac-paddlesports/ FINALLY!!!! Yesterday afternoon, the humidity built as only Potomac humidity can. The night was almost exactly like what I describe in "Frikkin' Drought" except: Around 1:30, the thunderstorm started, and it began to pour. It kept pouring until I fell asleep around 2. From here until Friday, there's a chance ... http://worldkayakblogs.com/fluidflow/2007/08/20/drought-no-more/ Here's some more about my family. There's me, my brother, Ben (17) my sister, Eliza (10) my mom and my dad. We also have two neurotic cats named Spitz and Polly, plus a ridiculous dog named Capo. My brother has really been giving WW kayaking a chance, but has decided ... http://worldkayakblogs.com/fluidflow/2007/08/17/my-family/ In case you were unaware, the Mid-Atlantic is suffering (insert scary music) a drought. Though it has rained occasionally in the past 4 days, it was never for more than 45 minutes (AKA not enough). Last night it seemed we might be freed from the drought ... http://worldkayakblogs.com/fluidflow/2007/08/17/frikkin-drought/ I just looked at a bunch of posts about kid's boats, and they all had one thing in common. They were written by adults! Here's the (semi) youngster's view. I started kayaking (not whitewater) about 8 years ago. At that point it was mainly flat water in ... http://worldkayakblogs.com/fluidflow/2007/08/16/enough-adult-talk-about-kids-boats/ Well, here I am! I'm Liam Malakoff, a fourteen year old avid whitewater kayaker. I live in Northern Virginia, so my main paddling is the Potomac. My current boat is a Pyranha s6f playboat. But since I'm soon to outgrow it, there'll probably be several posts about boats I demo, ... http://worldkayakblogs.com/fluidflow/2007/08/15/im-here/