Comments for Tim Shuff

Comment on Adventure Kayak, Summer 2004 by Chris Copeland

Chris Copeland — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 23:16:50 +0000

Terriffic Article! I’ve been paddling one of Necky’s boats for the last 25 years – and it just enjoyed a couple weeks in the Queen Charlottes. I would have liked to see George Dyson and his innovative take on the baidarka included. I guess the purveyors of kits is outside the scope of the article, but it offered a great alternative for paddlers who wanted to save money but weren’t up to tackling design issues. Thanks again!

Comment on Adventure Kayak, Summer 2004 by Dom Coscia

Dom Coscia — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:42:29 +0000

Very informative article. Thank you for bringing back a lot of good memories. I owned the Atlantic Coast Kayak Company in Pompano Beach, FL from 1990 to 2001. ACKC was a large retail shop and tour operation. I ran tours throughout Florida, Alaska, Costa Rica, and the Bahamas and sold most of the brands you mentioned at one time or another.
It was a good time for kayaking and I lament those days. Once Bill, Andy, and Tim sold their companies to conglomarates and the big box stores got into the picture the industry just wasn’t the same anymore and lost it’s family flavor. This was one of the reasons that prompted me to get out. Sadly most of the small paddle shops are becoming a thing of the past, a part of history, but I guess that is just the nature of business.
I love kayaking and still lead tours and teach classes when I can as a freelancer.

Comment on Adventure Kayak, Summer 2004 by Sasha

Sasha — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:03:44 +0000

Incredible. timshuff.com desedrves an oscar.

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Comment on Adventure Kayak, Summer 2004 by Rae

Rae — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:44:36 +0000

Great stuff. timshuff.com is the shit.

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Comment on Adventure Kayak, Summer 2004 by L.K. Fink, Jr.

L.K. Fink, Jr. — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:35:09 +0000

Only one correction in an otherwise comprehensive and excellent article. Bart Hathaway is correctly spelled Bart Hauthaway!

There were also many intrigues within the early days and one you might have included was the real reason Harry Tieken designed the Sealution after attending an LL Bean Symposium in Castine, ME.

A great follow-up to this excellent history might be to regale us all with accounts of the underbelly of the sea kayak industry. We can all laugh about those happenings now.

I was glad to see Mike get the credit for his genius in design. Necky was never the same once he sold the business. We saw the same style of failure when Steve Jobs was forced out of Apple by business types with no experiential knowledge of the industry they were running.

Comment on Adventure Kayak, Summer 2004 by Bill McGown

Bill McGown — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:29:18 +0000

Enjoyed this artical very much. I worked for Tom Derrer in 1982 and was amazed at was was happening. Watching these guys invent a sport was fantastic. There were many advancements going on, for example Eddyline kayaks were being vacuum bagged which was a revolution in light weight kayaks. I was not clear where Tom got this technique but at the time I was there we were the only guys doing it. With in 2-3 years it was mandatory that you had this technology. The boats were getting super light and super strong.

I worked in production graphic design between 84 and 87 and did many press deadlines at Sea Kayaker magazine. During that time I came in contact with the whole cast of characters you write about. John Dowd .was the most impressive character in that group and was a big driver of ideas.

We were pioneering paddle routes all over the Northwest driving out to the freshly built logging road to Fair Harbour on the westside of Vancouver island and doing 10 day open ocean tours along the rocky coast to areas that were almost untouched and rarely seen.

Comment on • How to sell a magazine cover shot by piclondon

piclondon — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:19:46 +0000

yes.