DO IT YOURSELF: If canoeist Jim Terrell,...

DO IT YOURSELF: If canoeist Jim Terrell, Newport Beach’s hope for an Olympic medal in that sport (C1), finishes out of the running, he won’t be able to blame his paddle maker. . . . An experienced custom furniture maker, Terrell fashions his own foam-core paddles from a mixture of space-age materials. He sells them to other canoeists for $300 each. . . . When he’s through competing, Terrell expects to return to the furniture trade.