Name: fat_old_bastard Location: Australia Sex: Male Birthday: 1770-00-00 Height: 10cm Weight: 1000kg Types of boats you paddle (eg. kayak, raft, C-1, squirt, etc.): Spirit Surfski, Necky Bliss, S:6-200, Booster 60, WS Ace 5.1. Over the years I've paddled slalom boats, polo bats, sprint K1s, canadians, DRRs, seakayaks, waveskis etc. etc. First Season (year): 1972 Favorite Class: I Favorite Runs: Any *heated* swimming pool so long as it's not too rough... or deep....

Personal info: Paddled from 1972 to 1984.

Then nothing for years.

Started again 2001.

Boatology (as well as I can remember):

Composite* Lettmann something, KW7, Lettmann Olymp, Carabine wave ski, "Squatter" ? kneel on top waveski, my brother's Lettmann Olymp, Hunter K1, nameless DRR (it was really a mould plug), Nordkapp sea kayak, assorted polo boats, assorted slalom boats eg. Prijons, Pyranhas, "Commodore" slalom K1(ripoff of some Euro design)

Tupperware * Riot Glide, Ace 5.1, Booster 60, Prijon Kaituna, S6-200.

Eventology: Assorted slaloms, marathons, polo tournaments, downriver races, sea races

Clubology: Past=Illawarra Canoe Club, Sydney Uni Canoe Club. Present= River Canoe Club.

Swimology: I never pass up a chance to swim ;-)

Boastology: At the 2001 Mitake Christmas Cup Slalom in Japan I won a paddle cover for 'Swim of the Day';-)