Coast Guard 2018

1. Newsletter

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1. Newsletter

• Please send me occasional emails from SUP.
• Please send me occasional emails from select SUP brand partners.

1. For how many years have you been paddling?
 

• 20 or more years
• 15 to 19 years
• 10 to 14 years
• 6 to 9 years
• 3 to 5 years
• 1 to 2 years
• Less than 1 year
• I'm not an active paddler

2. Which paddling activities have you participated in during the last 12 months?  (Please check all that apply.)
 

• Canoe day-touring
• Overnight canoe tripping
• Whitewater kayaking
• Whitewater canoeing
• Whitewater rafting
• Recreational (sit-on-top) kayak touring
• Recreational (sit-inside) kayak touring
• Sea and surfski kayaking
• Surf-zone kayaking
• Packrafting
• Kayak fishing
• Standup paddleboard touring
• Open-ocean, downwind standup paddling
• Surf-zone standup paddling
• Other

3. How many canoes, kayaks and paddleboards do you and/or other members of your household currently own?
 

• 0
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6 or more

4. What type of canoe, kayak or paddleboard do you use most often?
 

• Canoe
• Touring Kayak
• Whitewater Kayak
• Fishing Kayak
• Touring standup paddleboard
• Surfing standup paddleboard
• Raft

4. How many hours do you spend on a typical paddling outing?
 

• 1 - 3
• 4 - 6
• 7 - 9
• 10 - 12
• 12 hours or more

5. Please indicate the number of days spent paddling in the last 12 months.
 

• More than 50 days
• 35 to 49 days
• 25 to 34 days
• 15 to 24 days
• 10 to 14 days
• 5 to 9 days
• 2 to 4 days
• 1 day
• Did not go paddling in the last 12 months

5. Where do you paddle most often?
 

• Freshwater – lakes and reservoirs
• Freshwater - rivers, calm freshwater
• Freshwater – creeks and rivers, rapid water
• Saltwater – protected backwaters
• Saltwater – open ocean, offshore
• Saltwater – surf-zone
• Other

6. When you're out paddling, are you alone?

• All the time
• Most of the time
• Rarely
• Never

7. How many U.S. Coast Guard approved life jackets do you own?
 

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7 or more
• I don't own any life jackets

8. How familiar are you with federal and state rules/laws regarding wearing life jackets while paddling?
 

• Extremely familiar
• Somewhat familiar
• Not very familiar
• Not at all familiar

9. Do you own any of the following (check all that apply)?
 

• Inherently buoyant U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jackets
• Inflatable U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jackets
• None of the above

10. What type of inflatable life jacket do you own?
 

• Suspender-style auto-inflatable
• Belt pack-style auto-inflatable
• Other
• None of the above