Sports View for FebruaryWritten by Leigh Douglas
As NBA reaches midseason point most of talk is of MVP race, with many tabbing Steve Nash as early favorite. My question is can a guy who is not even best player on his team win MVP? (Shawn Marion is best player on Suns.) Yes I will concede Nash deserves some credit for making players around him even better, and lifting team to another level. But where would Cavs be without Lebron James, or would Heat even be a playoff team, let alone #1 seed without Shaq? The other most interesting thing in NBA in early going is collapse of some of favorites. Many so-called experts had picked Minnesota to finally make it to promised land, and come out of Western Conference. Of course Timberwolves are on outside looking in at playoff picture right now. (For record my pick was not T-wolves, but Spurs). As baseball silly season winds down, all of major moves already made, I thought one signing that went under radar was Red Sox signing Matt Clement; my pick for best value signing of off season. (In depth baseball preview coming soon) Randy Moss walking out on Vikings during final minutes of their game against Redskins should be final straw. The Vikings should seriously be shopping Moss this off season. Its about time people recognize that this is not Moss’s team, but has become Duante Culpeppers’.
| | How to launch your kayakWritten by Jakob Jelling
Launching your kayak does not have to be difficult as long as you know what you’re doing.When it comes to launching your kayak, there are a few important decisions that you must make. The first thing you should decide is whether or not you want to launch your kayak from land, or on water. You can even launch your kayak from a dock, though that is usually a bit harder to do than launching boat from beach, or on dry land. The two main methods of launching your kayak from land consist of regular launch, and of “wet-footing” it. Wet footing means that you load up your kayak in water so that bottom will not rub against sand or rocks that might be on beach. You should definitely use this method to launch your kayak if you are going to be launching from a rocky beach, or any other situation where there might be objects that can harm your kayak in sand. After all, while most kayaks are generally designed to be fairly sturdy, it is always possible that they could be damaged. This is especially case if they are loaded up on land, and then dragged over rocks. When launching your kayak from water, you should make sure that you are able to put everything into your kayak that you want to use. You should probably load lighter objects into your kayak when you are still on land, as well, since they won’t cause any extra harm to your kayak, and it will make getting in a lot easier once you are in water. If you decide to try launching your kayak this way, make sure that you practice a little bit first. That way you’ll be able to get into your kayak quickly and easily, and you won’t fall.
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