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…and here we are hammer factor # 38 'Zinke Wins, Real Paddling Porn And Verus Kayaks'.
Sho notez Dec 15th 2017
INTROS:
Well, in the halcyon days before the allegations of impropriety and sexual misconduct cascade in from a dozen ex LVM and amongstit interns (#NoTouchies), we celebrate yet another episode of The Hammer Factor- episode 34 (?) “We’re Huge In Japan”.
Weld is back from overseas, and finds that the boys left the place in a mess. The carpet is covered in smashed cheetohs and empty beer cans, and it looks like Shane Benedict has crashed on the sofa with no signs of leaving. Some smartass has made a crude crayon drawing on the wall of two male stick-figures “in flagrante” on an SUP.
Nonetheless, we push forward. On today’s show we’re going to talk with Josh Pecaric from Verus Kayaks, which if you are not aware, is a whitewater kayak startup based in Richmond VA. From the looks of things, Verus makes just about everything that Jackson does, and a couple things they don’t, without the fun of actually having a Jackson involved. We’ll get to the bottom of how he got started, where he thinks the industry is going, and most importantly, why on earth he decided this was a good idea.
But first, we must catch up a little.
Cue Chopins Funeral March, its time for Louis “Low Point” Geltman to get us up to speed on the state of affairs on the political front. I suppose the big news is the developments on bears ears/ staircase-escallante. A good starting point on this is WAPO’s article on Patagonia suing the Trump admin:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2017/12/12/patagonia-is-suing-the- president-and-drawing-ire-from-republicans-in-congress/?utm_term=.15e8075d04e6
The HNRC, to their credit, issued a zinger, tho, claiming that Patagonia is attempting to “sell more products to wealthy elitist urban dwellers from New York to San Francisco”. Later, Zinke himself said on Fox News that Patagonia is a “ 'special interest' that makes its products in China” and that the company “should focus on how to bring manufacturing back into the country instead of lying to the public about losing federal land.” Burn on you, Yvonne.
Anything else this week?
On a lighter note, here’s some viewer mail, or, more accurately, Topics that Will Not Die
We understand that coming to grips with the truth- despite years of misinformation from Big Paddle- wont be easy, so I suppose we’re shouldn’t be surprised that many listeners are struggling with the 60 degree offset. Max Posner and Tyler Houck in particular wrote in and mentioned Jim Snyder’s article on a 40 offset, and that perhaps we should have him on. First of all, if you need to transition to a real paddle with a 40 offest first, thats fine. Second, Weld has talked with Jim about this and asked him if he wanted to come on the show, so that is a possibility.
Bobby ‘Zone Dogg” Miller also wrote in, mentioning that he is a “close gripper”, and has had “success” with it. Well, I think its a triumph that Bobby has done what he has in paddlesports despite what many would consider to be a crippling, hideous handicap. #RealHeros.
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Andrew Palim wrote in this question for Louis:
Previously Louis mentioned his disdain for sickline's self-appointed moniker of "World Championships". I was wondering what Louis thinks the world championships of extreme racing should look like. Should it be a series, a rotating course, a whole new event, or does race have the gravitas to permanently be the stage for world championships?
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Itunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/amongstit-inc/id1095013227?mt=2
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http://feeds.feedburner.com/HammerFactor
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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfNW1jev8xx84dc05QZGqKA
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https://www.facebook.com/hammerfactor/?
…and here we are hammer factor # 38 'Zinke Wins, Real Paddling Porn And Verus Kayaks'.
Sho notez Dec 15th 2017
INTROS:
Well, in the halcyon days before the allegations of impropriety and sexual misconduct cascade in from a dozen ex LVM and amongstit interns (#NoTouchies), we celebrate yet another episode of The Hammer Factor- episode 34 (?) “We’re Huge In Japan”.
Weld is back from overseas, and finds that the boys left the place in a mess. The carpet is covered in smashed cheetohs and empty beer cans, and it looks like Shane Benedict has crashed on the sofa with no signs of leaving. Some smartass has made a crude crayon drawing on the wall of two male stick-figures “in flagrante” on an SUP.
Nonetheless, we push forward. On today’s show we’re going to talk with Josh Pecaric from Verus Kayaks, which if you are not aware, is a whitewater kayak startup based in Richmond VA. From the looks of things, Verus makes just about everything that Jackson does, and a couple things they don’t, without the fun of actually having a Jackson involved. We’ll get to the bottom of how he got started, where he thinks the industry is going, and most importantly, why on earth he decided this was a good idea.
But first, we must catch up a little.
Cue Chopins Funeral March, its time for Louis “Low Point” Geltman to get us up to speed on the state of affairs on the political front. I suppose the big news is the developments on bears ears/ staircase-escallante. A good starting point on this is WAPO’s article on Patagonia suing the Trump admin:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2017/12/12/patagonia-is-suing-the- president-and-drawing-ire-from-republicans-in-congress/?utm_term=.15e8075d04e6
The HNRC, to their credit, issued a zinger, tho, claiming that Patagonia is attempting to “sell more products to wealthy elitist urban dwellers from New York to San Francisco”. Later, Zinke himself said on Fox News that Patagonia is a “ 'special interest' that makes its products in China” and that the company “should focus on how to bring manufacturing back into the country instead of lying to the public about losing federal land.” Burn on you, Yvonne.
Anything else this week?
On a lighter note, here’s some viewer mail, or, more accurately, Topics that Will Not Die
We understand that coming to grips with the truth- despite years of misinformation from Big Paddle- wont be easy, so I suppose we’re shouldn’t be surprised that many listeners are struggling with the 60 degree offset. Max Posner and Tyler Houck in particular wrote in and mentioned Jim Snyder’s article on a 40 offset, and that perhaps we should have him on. First of all, if you need to transition to a real paddle with a 40 offest first, thats fine. Second, Weld has talked with Jim about this and asked him if he wanted to come on the show, so that is a possibility.
Bobby ‘Zone Dogg” Miller also wrote in, mentioning that he is a “close gripper”, and has had “success” with it. Well, I think its a triumph that Bobby has done what he has in paddlesports despite what many would consider to be a crippling, hideous handicap. #RealHeros.
page1image26728
Andrew Palim wrote in this question for Louis:
Previously Louis mentioned his disdain for sickline's self-appointed moniker of "World Championships". I was wondering what Louis thinks the world championships of extreme racing should look like. Should it be a series, a rotating course, a whole new event, or does race have the gravitas to permanently be the stage for world championships?
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