Human memory is a strange and wonderful thing. Reading the article and comments brought back floods of memories. Of the exact circumstances when I bought each

Human memory is a strange and wonderful thing. Reading the article and comments brought back floods of memories. Of the exact circumstances when I bought each of the paddles I've owned [I've been kayaking for 35 years, in most disciplines, in 3 countries. So I have bought a lot of different paddles...]. Likewise all the trips, marathon races and canoe polo tournaments in bad weather when wind gusts tried to snatch the paddle out of my hands.