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Article: SEA KAYAKING SPORT AND NEW WATER TRAIL RIDE A WAVE OF GROWTH IN STATE.(Getaways)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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- April 4, 1996
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*****CORRECTION ran on April 10, 1996, as follows:*****
Carey Gersten is president of the Washington Water Trails Association. His name was misspelled in Thursday's Travel & Outdoor Getaways section.
A 10-knot southwesterly is punching baby whitecaps over the kayak's prow as you paddle north along Vashon Island, up Colvos Passage toward Point Vashon, boosted along by a stiff ebb tide.
Then you notice a riptide coming off the point, little standing waves popping up in a curved line.
For an inexperienced paddler, this pushes the edge of the comfort margin.
But you're right off shore and can see the gravelly shallows on your ...
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