KAYAK: Paul English

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The branding project was led by a woman named Carol Costello. Ultimately her team came up with a list of about a hundred names. And Kayak was actually our second choice.

Alright, so you've butt kayak and Did anybody like get on there initially and say, Where are the kayaks? Like Where's your kayak gear? Like what are you doing? We literally got hate mail from kayakers. Yeah, from Kyakers, yeah.

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