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smile [[[---Informal Poll---]]] A.W. (American Whitewater) "Good" or "Bad" ??? New

Forum: LiquidLounge
Date: Jul 11 2008, 18:45 GMT
From: decker

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fwiw... i am NOT a member (currently or in the past)

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note They lump rafters with OC and C1, so they can't be all bad. <NT> rroberts New
smile who do they lump "swimmers" with? <NT> decker New
note Swimmers is usually associated with being the next rapid after dimple. <NT> rroberts New
smile What do they do? <NT> TheBroncoKid New
smile take money and talk about it in their monthly pamphlet apparently decker New
smile While I deeply resent being lumped in with Rafters Stifler New
note I wish that they paid more attention to poor old class II-III boaters. <NT> HollyHock New
note If we write about class 2-3, and advocate for class 2-3 rivers, AW will respond. It's up to us. <NT> ezwater New
smile yeah... lot'sa chest thumping decker New
note good luck with that - you see what happens here when someone posts a II-III TR k1chik New
note I haven't really noticed that.  Maybe it depends on who posts one, and how. <NT> ezwater New
more And does that mean that Ocoee TRs are routinely ridiculed? ezwater New
note how many Ocoee TR's do you see over there? k1chik New
note Maybe the TR posters are touchy. On BT, you get poked for many things.... "planning" boats, oc-1s, etc etc. ezwater New
note Any trip Dick was on needs a TR done, Standing up in a Blue Hole thru Hells Hole is a TR in itself <NT> Louie New
smile On that trip, the reason Dick was paddling standing up was he blew out both gunwales pinning in Gonzo Shoals, and ezwater New
note Dick and Doopey have on the lower, but they are still kinda funny on the upper. <NT> Louie New
th_up They do lots of good things in the PNW tomrefried New
note I think highly enough of them to have... Oci-One.Kanubi New
th_up Yeah, I need to re-up for another five years. But is there a death benefit? <NT> ezwater New
note Yeh.  If you keep active you won't die. <NT> Oci-One.Kanubi New
feedback Calling them (completely)bad would be a stretch, but I'm going to let my membership lapse. I've lost faith in them. <NT> Dale New
note For real?  Why, exactly? <NT> DangerJudy New
note On a local issue, they are pandering to a few, over the wishes of the many. Dale New
note Standard MO for them. <NT> Louie New
note From what I have personally observed, more bad than good janedoe New
note They don't handle critiziam well, even when it is in a humours form that even someone as dumb as Milt had the sense to Louie New
feedback Overwhelmingly good. Want to see what life might be like without AW, take a look at Canada snowwrestler New
note Quit talkin to the pro and talk to majority of Canadian boaters, Stop by my house next March and except for Shiver and Louie New
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