Hey FP? FP?!! Oi! FAT MAN! Over here! I want to talk to you!
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About the Author
First time author and hefty paddler worrying about attracting sharks to his fat injured seal-like profile. 
http://www.smh.com.au/executive-style/fitness/how-the-fat-paddler-found-salvation-in-a-kayak-20100726-10s2y.html
saw your article in the smh.com.au – congratulations. I look forward to reading more about your experiences from your website forum.
thanks and congratulations!!!
Thanks Maria. Its been fun, that’s for sure!
Hey Sean, was browsing your website as usual and couldn’t beleive it when I saw my friend Andie on there!! She had said she went paddling in NSW but I didn’t make the connection. I was jealous as hell when she made 2nd story front page on FP. Thats better than making the 6 oclock news with a higher cool factor. She said to drop you a note and say gday, I’m the guy that can’t seem to stop getting pissed everytime I go out playing in the rock gardens here. (It was 8 cans by the way not 6 as she so incorrectly told you. The gradual demise of initial stability in my normally stable kayak would be a sure sign of that). Anyway, she said you were coming here for a visit so would be good to go for a kayak with someone of such international fame. I’ve been trying to think up a cool name for myself but can only come up with “inebriated paddler”. Just doesn’t have the same ring to it. Anyway, love the website forum and keep the articles coming.
G’day Tim! The paddling world is a small one, it’s inevitable you’ll end up knowing SOMEONE on FP.com! Sounds like you have a good time out there on the water, although your boat must be more stable than mine, because after a couple of cans I’d be swimming – haha! Let me know if you come up this way, and keep an eye out for any impending visits to Radelaide! Happy paddles, cheers -FP
Hi Sean,
Thanks for the publicity with the boat show. I was wondering if you will be paddling in this year’s classic.
cheers
Caroline Kessler
Hi Sean,
Just came across your story and am really inspired by it. My family and I have just returned from Cape Cod, where we paddle casually. One of my 18-year-old sons, who is 6’8″ and well north of 300 lbs., mentioned that he’d like to paddle from Orleans to Ptown next year — about 27 miles. I’m enthusiastic about doing this with him, and am trying to find recommendations for training programs to get us both ready. Have you seen any?
Thanks for the tips, and happy exploring!
Deborah
Thanks Deborah! I’ve sent you an email with a few tips on a training program for you. Cheers – FP
Hi Sean … I’m on your Facebook , I want to send a photo of the moose I saw when I was kayaking
in Northern Ontario….2 weeks ago…I’ve seen them crossing the road in Ontario just never saw
eye to eye before…but I managed to get a photo of them..priceless..Cheers FP….Val
Toronto,Ontario…
Hi Sean, Saw the article on SMH, great write up and a great blog mate! Keep up the good work champion!
Cheers!
Mark
Sean,
Well done on a huge effort. To keep going for so long is a real triumph.
In contrast I was out on some more distant bodies of water on my holiday (see blog post).
http://rowingforpleasure.blogspot.com/2010/10/australian-rowing-in-japan.html
Keep up the good work
Peter
FP I’d like to suggest a caption for the picture of you and your mate bearing down on the lass in the kayak at the Hawkesbury Canoe Classic 2010: “Jenny had no idea how exciting her life was about to become…”
Ha! In real life she was pulling away from us at a MASSIVE pace!!
FP.
Perth experienced a storm today but decided to go for a paddle anyway up the river. 16 kms against the current with thirty knot gusts. 90 mins of the most gruelling work I’ve ever done….that is until I got home and saw that your stickers had arrived in the mail
Today’s paddle was nothing compared to trying to take the backing paper of those $#%@ stickers and trying to place them onto the ski.
They stick real good though. I tried to remove them and it took half the back of the ski with it.
Cheque sent for new stickers along with an invoice for a new Epic.
Cheers
Andrew
Use the rest of the stickers to patch up the Epic!
Hi Fatpaddler
Hey, Bob from Swift Outdoor centre in South River Ontario gave me your website etc.
Looks like you guys have a lot of fun. Where are you based in Oz.
Lisa
Yo Lisa! Sydney, Australia… paradise on Earth.
Thanks for the inspiring website and for demonstrating just how resilient we can be in the face of adversity. My son rang me to tell me about your SMH write up. Ironically, on the very day I’m taking delivery of my first kayak. I’ll take it easy for starters, as you suggest.
I’m sorry I haven’t come across your website before. Like you, I had some emotional healing to do after the Bali bombing, and writing was my way out. I also know how hard it is to write about that tragedy. I’ve published one short piece on my Blog, but other material I’ve written remains unpublished.
Good luck with the book sales.
Hi mate could you help me. Do you have any contact for the coffee boat. Love to talk to him about some brew’s
Thanks Dave Bell(Belly)
OZ SUP Centre
Yo FB -
just tripped across your website via HCC mail re your book. Congrats thats awesome!
Gonna order it right away as 2009 was also my first HCC and like yours, it felt epic – so i can’t wait to read about it
I took a bit longer than you, crossed the line 20sec before cut off – never thought coming last could feel so damn good !
Wishing you and your team all a great race this weekend-
cheers,bettina
Hi Sean,
I met you out on Middle Harbour last year. I’m one of the Yukon Buddies. I just saw the article about your book through the HCC site and will be buying it for sure on Saturday. Seven of us from Dragons Abreast, Sydney, are doing the HCC this weekend for the first time in the old OC7 we trained in for the Yukon.
Would just like to say that I wasn’t aware of your background and the reason for your paddling before now and I think you are an awesome inspiration and am excited to have met you out on the water.
Good luck for the HCC, hope to see you along the way.
Tracey
Dear FP
I’ve come across your blogs etc & hope you can help me. I’m 48, over weight, still relatively flexible, cant run – who has ever seen a happy jogger, but still need to exercise. I bought a k1 and spent most of the time in the water. where do i start re accessing my ability & what I should buy. Also looking at skis eg epic v8. Any pionters would help. Also could you forward me 2012s calender for events
REGARDS
Donald
Gday mate,
Really enjoying the Adventures of FP. Your blog is especially helpful as I too am of more manly girth and stature and am looking to upgrade from a plastic ski to a composite.
If you ever get to Perth drop us a line – there is a few of us who go out for a paddle and feed every week.
Have you got any stickers/shirts for sale?
Cheers
Blue
Gday Sean,
Inspirational stuff, well done on pulling it all together.
I am currently pushing my way back into the fitness lifestyle and have my sights set on the HCC this year. For me this means a little less beers and BBQ and more early morning sessions on the water and in the gym.
I would like to get involved with your team or even some of the training throughout the year if possible. I currently paddle OC1. Any opportunity would be great in the future just let me know.
I also believe I may live around the corner from you.
Anyway all the best for the upcoming year and hopefully you have much more success coming your way, Andrew.
Hi Sean,
Have really enoyed reading your book. Very inspiring. Thanks for writing it and turning your challenges into something truly special. Now I saw you at the boat show last year, and we bought a book off you. As it turned out I accidentally took another book that I was looking at, and i have been meaning to contcat you for sometime now and ask for your bank details – and at last I am doing that. Can you please email me your details and I will EFT you for the 2nd book.
All the best
Sam