1) No matter how many air fresheners you buy…
2) Your car always has ‘that’ smell
3) No-one will ever understand your excitement at watching the weather forecast…
4) You know the feeling when you see the hull of your new boat after 30 seconds
5) At some point you might have spent more on your boat
6) Than your car
7) You know that if someone’s garage looks like this…
8) They probably paddle like this
9) Learning the lingo takes a while. But how else do you describe a gnarly boof over a very brown stout
10) Airport check-in’s are scary
11) If you’re in a car with boats on the roof there’s always one person who feels the need to play dubstep
12) Watching your mates swimming might be scary..
13) But it’s worth it to see them drink their beer from their booties
14) You don’t understand why getting naked in carparks isn’t considered normal
15) Normal people think their car is full when it looks like this…
16) But they don’t know shit!
17) That feeling when you remember that if it’s not on camera, it didn’t happen
18) Even if you are trying hard not to, you’ll still piss off farmers and landowners
19) You’d rather live here…
20) Than here.
21) Shuttles cause faff… period!
22) And you’ll never be sexy… large waterproofs and very cold water don’t get the ladies going
23) Though sometimes you do look really cool
24) You soon learn not to mention the “K” word in a drinking game
25) Nobody outside of your paddling buddies actually understands what you do
26) There’s just so much kit for each new season… it’s no wonder you’re broke
27) But it’s all worth it, because you get to do this
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