Who in your opinion is the best paddler in the Montreal
Male and Female
Front 6

Engine Room

and Back 6

six pack

laura
bob and ernie

engine room marc milton and joanie

powder room
wilson

the romanian monster

Does anybody care? Keep your little french stuff to yourself

Almer

Didn't we have a similar topic last year and the roster included:

William Shatner, Bobby Flay, Scorpion, Sub-Zero, and Michael Schumacher?

Ya except this year we have to include Dion and Trudeau

Original poster, are you hoping your name appears????

"Keep your little french stuff to yourself"


Your "little french stuff".....?

Bud, just how stupid are you, exactly?

should be best "flat water" paddler

"Does anybody care? Keep your little french stuff to yourself"

This guy's got to be from Dumbass, Ontario. I can't imagine anyone from BC being this unsophisticated. Although, I met a Manitoban in the Caribbean last year. That was close.

The level of sophistication for people from BC is limited to the street price of marijuana and discussions of which areas to avoid being mugged (most of them).

Matt! The gleam from his bald head just makes me randy for him!

Seriously, the best male paddler in Quebec is OBVIOUSLY Tom Hall. OLYMPIC medalist. He is by far the best.

Top female, who cares.

Seriously the best teams have the best men. You never see teams win on the merit of their females.

...except for Mayfair.

Don't think so.

No question the females are elite in mayfair.

If I had to loose 5 paddler for sligthly weaker paddlers and had my choice of who the five were I would give up 5 females. The guys are just that much more important.

Again, the poster hoping his/her name is mentioned. How sad.

The difference is there are a lot more elite guys out there than women. Therefore I'd keep the ladies and rebuild the men if needed. The difference between a very good male paddler and a elite male paddler isn't as big as a very good female paddler and a elite female paddler.

That's ridiculous!

The biggest difference maker possible in a boat are the men. There is no debate about that.

Ask your coach to show you the results of fitness and paddle testing scores. You will find some interesting groupings.

But that doesn't really matter anyhow since in a coed sport you have to have both men and women. So you need the best guys you can get AND the best women you can get. The best teams have a good mix of both. It only takes one or two weak positions in EITHER gender to deep six your crew.

Really? Explain this:

http://www.verdundbc.com/menbenchmarks.html
http://www.verdundbc.com/womenbenchmarks.html

A base level man should be able to do 5 chinups to a womens 1. A 500% increase.
A national team man should be able to do 40 chinups to a womens 25. A 160% increase.

Women's ability converges towards mens as fitness increases. Therefore, since all teams must have 8 women, if you have fitter women you can make big relative gains.

Sorry, meant:

A base level man should be able to do 5 chinups to a womens 1. A 400% increase.
A national team man should be able to do 40 chinups to a womens 25. A 60% increase.

Excellent argument. Common sense.