On Tue, Jul 21, 1998 at 11:55:46PM -0700, Julio MacWilliams wrote: > The statement "the paddle does not move in the water, but rather the > kayak moves forward" is an instructor strategy to convince the beginner > paddler to not paddle with his/her arms, but with his/her body and torso. No, it's reality, and it is the correct way to paddle. See the video "The Kayaker's Edge" for a demonstration of this technique -- using buoys to demonstrate that the paddle does not move when the forward stroke is being correctly performed. And by the way, the goal is not to paddle with "body and torso" but with "body and torso and legs", since it's leg pressure on the footbraces which pushes the boat past the paddle. ---Rsk Rich Kulawiec rsk_at_gsp.org *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Jul 22 1998 - 04:29:15 PDT
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