To answer your other questions (about what boat, length, etc.): my kayak paddles are 202 cm, and are most often used with a Dagger Predator slalom racing boat. I don't know the length on my C-boat paddles offhand, but they're also used with slalom boats. On Thu, Feb 26, 1998 at 03:57:41PM +0000, Colin Calder wrote: > Can a paddle be too light ? No. :-) Not when you're coming up on gate 21, a hard right upstream and your arms feel like lead. ;-) > Is a completely rigid paddle desirable ? No. It transmits too much of the force (whether paddling hard, hitting rocks, or whatever) directly to the joints and can lead to problems; a little bit of flex -- not enough to affect performance, just a little -- seems to really help. I know that when I switched from my Schlegel slalom paddle to the Mitchell that my minor problems with tendonitis almost entirely disappeared. ---Rsk *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Feb 26 1998 - 08:17:10 PST
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