I don't know what to make of this picture.

[Squatch]

A burly bethonged woman with a surfboard and a helmet walking through somebody's backyard while being ogled by another helmeted backyard traipser.

:wow:

[MissMillie]

1. that's "burly"?

wow... I want to be burly.

[Squatch]

2. Those aren't lat muscles...they're wings!

[MissMillie]

3. that woman can't be bigger than a size 6

which to me doesn't come close to fitting the definition of "large in bodily size"

[eyepaddle]

4. Her upper back and shoulders are pretty ripped, aren't they?

I just don't know if I'm down with the thong as a bathing suit. But there are certainly greater abusers of the fashion!

[MissMillie]

5. see you've got her as "ripped"

and Squatch has her w/ "wings"


either way, she's not a big girl.

[Squatch]

6. She's built like a Greco-Roman wrestler.

I've seen her before in person and she is quite a striking woman.

[eyepaddle]

7. No doubt, I was thinking she'd be bigger when I clicked on the post

but I think burly can also mean "muscular," or maybe "powerful."

[Squatch]

8. You should recognize the dude in the picture.

[eyepaddle]

15. It looks like my buddy Joerg--but I can't quite make it out

who is it?

[Squatch]

16. Corran Addison

Self-aggrandizing uber-paddler who started Savage-V, Riot, and Dragorossi Kayaks.

I paddled with him up in Montana back in the 1990's, and I've never met a more conceited person. However, his paddling skills are truly amazing.

[eyepaddle]

17. Okay, I recognize the name, but couldn't make out the appearance

Paddling is refreshingly low in huge egos--they are out there, but in lower percentages than most other "extreme sports I have any familiarity with.

I had no idea he was behing Drogorssi--I thought Ferrari of kayaks all the way muself. As usual their boats are WAYYYYYYY to tight for me. I can jam myself into a Dagger Agent 6.4, but the only boat I've been comfy in is a Bliss Stick. That even counts my Pyranha creek boat. The way my feet sit up against the bulkhead makes them fall asleep until I get used to it.

[Squatch]

19. Try paddling C-1 some day

Your feet will be numb from your toes to 1/2 way up your shins. The pain of that position is something to behold. It's gotten so bad that I would come up broadside to the beach, tip over, and just slither out of the boat and onto the dirt...just laying there moaning until the feeling returns.

[eyepaddle]

22. I tried OC-1 for a weekend. EXCRUCIATING.

My boat was set up so that my feet were flat along the bottom. They were in agony in about one minute. I think if I set it up so that my feet would be up on their toes it would be less (though still pretty) painful.

Plus OC-1 is just for people who like to do things the hard way. I'll stick with two blades, thank you very much! :)

[MissMillie]

18. "sturdy" was part of the definition

and I'll buy that she's sturdy


but I won't buy that she's big.

[av8rdave]

9. I sure wouldn't call that "burly"

[Squatch]

10. From wordnet

Burly: muscular and heavily built

Sheesh. Why are people getting wrapped around that one word and not the big picture?

[av8rdave]

11. Well....

muscular, yes. "heavily built?" I think not.

[Squatch]

12. When you're done splitting hairs...

[av8rdave]

21. Had the definition been...

muscular OR heavily built...or muscular AND/OR heavily built...

seriously, though...."burly" makes me think of a football player or a lumberjack.

[Fleshdancer]

13. I don't get the helmet

As for her body...well I just killed myself at the gym this morning in an attempt to get my upper thighs and ass to look that good. I wouldn't mind having shoulders like that either as well as her skin tone. $100 says I'd probably be jealous of her abs too.

Still not sure about the helmet though.

[Squatch]

14. They surf on the Saint Laurent River

[Fleshdancer]

20. aaah, now I understand

I must be living under a rock or something. I have never heard (or seen) river surfing before. Looks a little too dangerous for me.