While I still enjoy a good creek run, I always look forward to linking a couple more cartwheels on the Arkansas or Upper Gauley. Playboating is a lifestyle, bringing a fresh new image with it. Look at the Pimp and Ho Ball, the ultimate kayak party, it's about raging on and off the river. We are drawing more interest from bigger magazines and television. Heroes are being created and kids are buying into it.
Life is great.
Look at the surfing or ski industry. It used to be filled with stuffy old guys who had no idea what was going on or what the people really wanted - much like the kayak industry. Then the youth took over and they could do nothing about it because one day, all of a sudden, the kids owned it. I've never heard of anyone playing themself to death. He'd like to make a return expedition to Peru.