{"id":12404,"date":"2017-03-26T01:00:34","date_gmt":"2017-03-26T08:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.nrs.com\/?p=12404"},"modified":"2022-01-05T13:39:55","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T21:39:55","slug":"h2core-lightweight-pant-long-johns-begone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2017\/03\/26\/h2core-lightweight-pant-long-johns-begone\/","title":{"rendered":"H2Core Lightweight Pant: Long Johns Begone"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cI should have played tennis.\u201d<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll admit it, the thought has crossed my mind once or twice in the past 18 years. Yes, it stems partially from the rationale that it would be easier to check a tennis racket than a creek boat for a flight half-way around the world, but in full confession, it\u2019s mostly because of one thing: historically speaking, kayak clothes are not<\/em> cute<\/em>. Until now.<\/p>\n

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Since the age of 12, I’ve wrangled into awkwardly-fitting kayak leggings and various base layers. They were baggy and tight in all the wrong places. Black and fit for grandma was the name of the game. The thought of trading it all in for a short little tennis skirt had immense appeal, but obviously, kayaking is way too fun to hit the courts on account of wardrobe.<\/p>\n

Last spring, I discovered the NRS H2Core Lightweight Pants<\/a> and it literally changed everything.<\/em> Chartering new frontiers, NRS had done the unthinkable: they made kayaking apparel sexy. So to speak.<\/p>\n

Standing in the desolate sagebrush of the Owyhee put-in, I first slid into the lightweight, fleece-lined H2Core Pants. It was February and it was cold. Immediately, I felt like doing yoga, like running and leaping and bending and stretching and<\/em> kayaking! I\u2019m often inclined to do such things, but this was at a new level.<\/p>\n