kattenbo Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Find a copy of the "2019 Annual Paddling Buyers Guide" (we've got'em at the shop), go to the "Kayaking Trends" article and sneak a read of Neil Schulman's prediction on the bottom right of page 204. Then start saving your hatch covers. (The whole mag is worth a read, but Neil's prediction is spot on). Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inverseyourself Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Curious. What’s the gist of it? Are we expecting a worldwide hatch cover production stop? Or is it something even more fundamental? I’m going to 303 mine right now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Nystrom Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 We just bought 14 SeaLect hatch covers from TopKayaker.com to get our boats ready for the 2019 season. BTW, if anyone is looking for a classic Pintail, Michael Brokenshire is selling one...with new SeaLect hatch covers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewburyKayak Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Here's the full letter as published... "In the next ten years, technology will continue its incursion into kayaking. Self driving cars will make shuttles a breeze. Sea kayak decks will be touch screens containing charts and tide data and powered by solar panels infused into the gelcoat. Paddle will be like Fitbits, telling you when to up your stroke rate. Amidst all of these innovations, a small band of kayakers will flee to an island off the west coast of British Columbia, where they'll outlaw beeping devices and paddle NDK Romanys, which will remain as unchanged as ever. Eventually, they will secede and form their own country, use hatch covers as currency and read this magazine in hard copy instead of online. I will be one of them." Neil Schulman, Conservationist and Sea Kayaking Instructor 2019 Annual PADDLING BUYER'S GUIDE, page 204 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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