Yes... Competing Products - Canoeing / Kayaking

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Valley's Discontinuing A Lot of Boats - NewbTastic - Aug-30-12 5:30 AM
- Discontinuing the Pintail? - bnystrom - Aug-30-12 7:23 AM
- Q-boat - sternman - Aug-30-12 8:00 AM
- Oh well.... - angstrom - Aug-30-12 8:31 AM
- Inevitable, but too bad - jsmarch - Aug-30-12 8:49 AM
- Hmmm - Gromulus - Aug-30-12 9:05 AM
  - re: Hmm... - NewbTastic - Aug-30-12 11:48 AM
- wow, this sounds pretty bad - slushpaddler - Aug-30-12 9:09 AM
- British MBAs? - suiram - Aug-30-12 9:25 AM
- marketing - michaelcrouse - Aug-30-12 10:37 AM
  - Good guess - njkayaker - Sep-05-12 2:27 PM
- If you can get a deal... - wavespinner - Aug-30-12 11:47 AM
- Deadline- August 31st - NewbTastic - Aug-30-12 11:22 PM
- Ka Ching - riosacandaga - Aug-31-12 8:43 PM
  - Really? - Roget - Sep-02-12 11:17 PM
- Yes... Competing Products - Kudzu - Sep-01-12 6:24 AM
  - Pintail v Avocet - jsmarch - Sep-01-12 8:59 AM
  - They really not similar at all - bnystrom - Sep-04-12 7:17 AM
    - +1 - sternsquirt - Oct-01-12 8:45 PM
- Surprised... - NewbTastic - Sep-01-12 7:37 AM
  - Naut mourning - Michaelcrouse - Sep-02-12 9:19 AM
    - CD is weird - NewbTastic - Sep-16-12 1:46 AM
  - it's simple - slushpaddler - Sep-04-12 4:16 PM
- End of an era - Roget - Sep-02-12 12:38 PM
  - May be true about motorcycles ... - nebeginner - Sep-02-12 6:00 PM
    - Many Years Ago - Kudzu - Sep-02-12 8:21 PM
      - Might have been a - wetzool - Sep-02-12 10:24 PM
      - Said "maybe" ... - nebeginner - Sep-03-12 3:43 PM
    - Lots of places, of course - Dr_Disco - Sep-02-12 9:55 PM
    - Better made? - Roget - Sep-02-12 11:13 PM
      - Well, yes ... - nebeginner - Sep-03-12 3:40 PM
        
        Gold Standard? - Dr_Disco - Sep-03-12 5:48 PM
        
        Such as? - nebeginner - Sep-03-12 6:47 PM
        
        Matter of opinion, but ... - Dr_Disco - Sep-03-12 8:29 PM
        
        Just one? - nebeginner - Sep-04-12 7:41 AM
        
        You asked for an example - Dr_Disco - Sep-04-12 8:18 AM
        
        So? Not seeing your point ... - nebeginner - Sep-04-12 8:02 PM
        
        Interprettion of "Gold Standard" - Dr_Disco - Sep-04-12 10:50 PM
        
        QCC vs all Brit boats! - abc - Sep-04-12 2:19 PM
        
        Dude you must be on small midget ! - Cliffjrs - Sep-04-12 3:18 PM
        
        hey now... - NewbTastic - Sep-04-12 8:05 PM
        
        Wide Variety of Boats - Dr_Disco - Sep-04-12 5:34 PM
        
        American cool aid? - abc - Sep-04-12 7:26 PM
        
        My Valley ... - nebeginner - Sep-04-12 8:37 PM
        NDK quality problems are ancient history - trilliumlake - Sep-05-12 5:51 PM
        
        Keep telling yourself that... - bnystrom - Sep-07-12 6:40 AM
        
        What cool aid? - nebeginner - Sep-04-12 8:30 PM
        Maalstrom and Boreal Design - WaterMark - Sep-05-12 5:25 PM
        
        Boreal was bought by Riot - trilliumlake - Sep-05-12 5:43 PM
        
        Thanks for the update :) - WaterMark - Sep-05-12 6:35 PM
        
        Maelstrom kayaks... - NewbTastic - Sep-05-12 7:02 PM
        
        I wonder why... - WaterMark - Sep-05-12 8:00 PM
        
        we can only speculate... - NewbTastic - Sep-05-12 11:19 PM
        
        day hatch etc - abc - Sep-06-12 10:51 AM
        
        for once... - NewbTastic - Sep-06-12 8:15 PM
        Maelstrom does have - WaterMark - Sep-06-12 8:39 PM
        
        day hatch OR deck hatch, not both! - abc - Sep-06-12 11:12 PM
        
        OTOH it's nice to have options - slushpaddler - Sep-07-12 11:33 AM
        
        Yup... - NewbTastic - Sep-15-12 9:32 AM
        
        Ecomarine in Vancouver - WaterMark - Sep-06-12 8:36 PM
        
        Impex builds in Canada & U.S. nfm - RavenWing - Sep-06-12 12:27 AM
        
        I'm no engineer ... - nebeginner - Sep-04-12 8:20 PM
        
        To confuse matters further... - NewbTastic - Sep-04-12 8:06 AM
        
        A "Brit made boat" - Dr_Disco - Sep-04-12 8:22 AM
        
        of course... - NewbTastic - Sep-04-12 9:55 AM
        design - slushpaddler - Sep-04-12 4:14 PM
  - End of an era? How so? - NewbTastic - Sep-02-12 9:45 PM
  - I know NDK had issues with QC - tsunamichuck1 - Sep-02-12 9:48 PM
    - Agreed... - holmes375 - Sep-04-12 11:19 AM
      - Regulations ... - nebeginner - Sep-04-12 8:46 PM
        
        is it regulation... - NewbTastic - Sep-04-12 9:02 PM
        
        Actually its the plastic - tsunamichuck1 - Sep-04-12 9:21 PM
        
        I've heard both, but more the composites - NewbTastic - Sep-05-12 2:37 AM
        Confluence boat manufacture - RavenWing - Sep-05-12 1:15 PM
        
        wilderness glass - landsharc - Sep-05-12 4:31 PM
        
        that's complete rubbish - slushpaddler - Sep-05-12 11:22 AM
  - Continuation of an era.... - WaterMark - Sep-05-12 5:41 PM
    - I disagree - salty - Sep-12-12 9:50 AM
      - Tiderace layups - No_Kayak - Sep-13-12 4:31 PM
        
        Cool - salty - Sep-14-12 11:56 PM
        
        Dang... - NewbTastic - Sep-15-12 1:03 AM
        Cobra - No_Kayak - Sep-15-12 9:20 AM
        
        Who else? - eel - Sep-15-12 9:33 AM
        
        furthermore... - NewbTastic - Sep-15-12 9:35 AM
        
        No - salty - Sep-15-12 4:35 PM
        
        re: no - NewbTastic - Sep-15-12 9:17 PM
        
        Not strictly speaking - No_Kayak - Sep-16-12 4:51 AM
        
        that's pretty much what I thought - NewbTastic - Sep-16-12 5:04 AM
        Again, I agree - salty - Sep-16-12 4:57 PM
        
        I agree with your words - salty - Sep-15-12 4:32 PM
        
        say - suiram - Sep-17-12 9:54 AM
        
        When I was involved - salty - Sep-17-12 12:28 PM
        
        thanks (NM) - suiram - Sep-17-12 1:05 PM
- A salute to Valley Canoe - jaybabina - Sep-05-12 7:47 AM
  - Amen - wavespinner - Sep-05-12 7:58 AM
  - Valley does deserve a ton of credit... - NewbTastic - Sep-05-12 8:33 AM
    - But I thought - Seadddict - Sep-05-12 11:42 AM
  - Good List; Chimp Pump, Q-boat trivia - gstamer - Sep-15-12 6:48 AM
- Trying to see this in a positive light.. - NewbTastic - Sep-07-12 9:22 AM
  - Too many models - jaybabina - Sep-07-12 9:40 AM
    - Very True - Kudzu - Sep-07-12 10:06 AM
    - yep - slushpaddler - Sep-07-12 11:34 AM
      - re: stable - NewbTastic - Sep-07-12 9:49 PM
      - not bad - NateHanson - Sep-15-12 9:48 AM
        
        Glad to Hear it - Kudzu - Sep-16-12 9:39 AM
    - Jay's onto something... - NewbTastic - Sep-10-12 8:29 AM
      - yes, - kobzol - Sep-10-12 9:08 AM
- Really?! - sitka - Sep-15-12 11:16 AM
  - interesting to hear - slushpaddler - Sep-15-12 4:53 PM
  - That's strange... - NewbTastic - Sep-15-12 9:30 PM
    - One swallow doesn't make a summer - No_Kayak - Sep-16-12 10:14 AM
      - But as a retailer... - NewbTastic - Sep-16-12 12:45 PM
        
        etain 17.5 - donmb - Sep-16-12 4:08 PM
        
        Valley's weighing policy - NewbTastic - Sep-21-12 11:22 PM
- "There's nothing like a Valley" - wilsoj2 - Sep-22-12 12:03 PM
  - Pintail: aka The Glass Slipper - sternsquirt - Oct-01-12 9:04 PM
  - great point about the nordkapp - slushpaddler - Oct-03-12 3:16 PM
  - Nothing like a Valley - jay - Oct-09-12 6:42 PM
- Bummer - kwikle - Oct-03-12 3:52 PM
- Tide race - paddlemaine - Oct-04-12 1:40 PM
  - PS - paddlemaine - Oct-04-12 1:44 PM
    - think of all the various 'naut models - slushpaddler - Oct-04-12 2:37 PM
      - exactly - NewbTastic - Oct-05-12 8:48 AM
        
        Aquanaut... - bowler1 - Oct-07-12 8:04 AM
        
        see rest of thread - NewbTastic - Oct-07-12 11:31 AM