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
![](https://storage.googleapis.com/fm-coresites-assets/mpora_new/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/carbon-jed.jpg)
6) Than your car
![](https://storage.googleapis.com/fm-coresites-assets/mpora_new/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/old-car-680x509.jpg)
7) You know that if someone’s garage looks like this…
![](https://storage.googleapis.com/fm-coresites-assets/mpora_new/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/all-the-gear-680x454.jpg)
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
![](https://storage.googleapis.com/fm-coresites-assets/mpora_new/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/airport.jpg)
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
![](https://storage.googleapis.com/fm-coresites-assets/mpora_new/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/bootie-beer-680x382.jpg)
14) You don’t understand why getting naked in carparks isn’t considered normal
![](https://storage.googleapis.com/fm-coresites-assets/mpora_new/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/vs-locals.jpg)
15) Normal people think their car is full when it looks like this…
![](https://storage.googleapis.com/fm-coresites-assets/mpora_new/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Car_boot_.jpg)
16) But they don’t know shit!
![](https://storage.googleapis.com/fm-coresites-assets/mpora_new/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Carro-de-Benito-680x510.jpg)
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…
![](https://storage.googleapis.com/fm-coresites-assets/mpora_new/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/campervan.jpg)
20) Than here.
![](https://storage.googleapis.com/fm-coresites-assets/mpora_new/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/townhouse.jpg)
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
![](https://storage.googleapis.com/fm-coresites-assets/mpora_new/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/freestyle.gif)
24) You soon learn not to mention the “K” word in a drinking game
![](https://storage.googleapis.com/fm-coresites-assets/mpora_new/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/drink.gif)
25) Nobody outside of your paddling buddies actually understands what you do
![](https://storage.googleapis.com/fm-coresites-assets/mpora_new/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/kayaking-680x501.jpg)
26) There’s just so much kit for each new season… it’s no wonder you’re broke
![](https://storage.googleapis.com/fm-coresites-assets/mpora_new/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/STORE2-680x452.jpg)
27) But it’s all worth it, because you get to do this
![](https://storage.googleapis.com/fm-coresites-assets/mpora_new/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/kayak-waterfall-680x510.jpg)
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