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Tuesday, 01 May 2007

That's my theory anyway!

Nice body you have there!

I was once told that every Hobie kayak sold ends up selling another and those words seem to prove themselves every time I head out. Each time I launch and land, I'm greeted by genuinely interested onlookers who can't help but satisfy their curiosity with a barrage of questions. The conversation is almost always started out with the words "thats an interesting looking rig you have there" and are soon followed up by "how much does it cost for a set up like that", "where did you get it?", "how fast does it go", "do you catch much fish" etc.

Yesterday's Chelsea trip was a great example. As I was loading my kayak next to my car, two guys pulled up hopped out and started asking all sorts of questions as described above. I recognized both of these guys as celebrities of some kind, but I can't identify them. They were ex-sports stars I think (AFL or ARL), now both working as commentators at a guess. Both their faces and voices were quite familiar but unfortunately (or not) I don't pay much attention to sport celebrities.

When I landed, I was followed by another kayaker who beached himself just to come and have a look and ask the same series of questions. And then as I dragged it up through the beach sand, a cute young lass walked up and offered to help. She to was very interested in what I was doing, and hung around as I unloaded my gear and then helped me get the yak onto the roof of the car.

Now, I'm not really in a state of mind to be chasing women (for several reasons) so I really didn't explore any possibilities they may have been presenting themselves, other than to thank her for her help and gave her a couple of fish for her kindness. But it was a pleasant experience that gives me confidence in the claim that 'Hobie kayaks get you chicks'. They are just such an incredible conversation starter that I'm willing to bet a weeks wages that I can prove these words at least once throughout my upcoming coastal kayak fishing expedition.