Why don’t you review the exchanges? Nobody insulted you or hurled ad hominem nastiness they way you did. A whole bunch of extremely competent kayakers, with decades more experience than your 5 years of local coastal puttering in a non-performance boat, gave you some really wise advice.
But you not only blew it off, you did so in a very childish and arrogant way, insisting that people who use spray skirts and know how to edge and roll a kayak are somehow clueless and incompetent. It’s surprising that the admins did not delete more than they did of your rude bluster.
Most people on these forums are grateful for the learned advice that can be found on here. I’ve been paddling 4 times longer than you and still consider myself a rank amateur compared to most of the folks who took the time to respond to you, only to be insulted for sharing their knowledge.
By the way, the first guy you sassed, Bryan Nystrom, literally wrote the book on Greenland paddles. Look him up. You were way out of your league in this discussion. And way off base in dismissing some world class kayakers as “knuckleheads” and “lame”. How old are you: 12?
I was almost hoping you were a troll, but unfortunately you seem genuinely convinced that you know better than a group of real experts despite a great deal of evidence to the contrary. Maybe there is a job for you in the Trump administration…
