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24 Things Only Kayakers Will Understand

If you like paddling, you'll know...

1) No matter how many air fresheners you buy…

2) Your car always has ‘that’ smell

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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

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5) At some point you might have spent more on your boat

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6) Than your car

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7) You know that if someone’s garage looks like this…

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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

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10) Airport check-in’s are scary

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11) If you’re in a car with boats on the roof there’s always one person who feels the need to play dubstep

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12) Watching your mates swimming might be scary..

13) But it’s worth it to see them drink their beer from their booties

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14) You don’t understand why getting naked in carparks isn’t considered normal

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15) Normal people think their car is full when it looks like this…

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16) But they don’t know shit!

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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

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19) You’d rather live here…

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20) Than here.

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21) Shuttles cause faff… period!

22) And you’ll never be sexy… large waterproofs and very cold water don’t get the ladies going

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23) Though sometimes you do look really cool

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24) You soon learn not to mention the “K” word in a drinking game

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25) Nobody outside of your paddling buddies actually understands what you do

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26) There’s just so much kit for each new season… it’s no wonder you’re broke

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27) But it’s all worth it, because you get to do this

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