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Dates: during 1937-1937
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...strange kayak was a faltboot, and the exasperation of the two anglers is likely to be duplicated often, for the sport of faltbootpaddeln which has already swept Europe seems now on the verge of doing the same in the U. S. The faltboot (folding boat) was invented by a Bavarian named Klepper in 1902. After the War, faltbootpaddeln took Germany by storm, became as popular in summer as skiing is in winter. In Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France and England there are now some 500,000 faltboats. Year and a half ago one Jakob Kissner arrived...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Faltbootpaddeln | 5/17/1937 | See Source »

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