At 15:21 7/22/98 -0400, Rich Kulawiec <rsk_at_gsp.org> wrote: > > >On Wed, Jul 22, 1998 at 01:09:53PM -0500, Chuck Holst wrote: >> Maybe it is a whitewater legacy, but most kayakers seem to be >> taught -- whether consciously or unconsciously -- to keep their >> hands in one place. > >Why, yes, of course we do. Moving one's hands around on the paddle >shaft accomplishes nothing but to waste energy that's better directed >into propelling the boat, so I'm surprised to hear that anyone would >actually *deliberately* do so. What would be the point? > > >---Rsk >Rich Kulawiec >rsk_at_gsp.org not only that, when you are moving your hands around, you aren't in control of the boat/paddle. it's like switching your hands on a canoe paddle. you don't. you develope a good cross-forward, cross-draw, etc. the paddle may switch sides, but the hands stay in place [ok, whitewater here, i have also done my share of distance canoe racing, and have a pretty good hit-n-switch as well, but while both people are switching hand positions, if an aligator [or aligator gar, per texas water safari] bumps you, you've got nothing to brace with ;-) mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com-------------------------------------- mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/paddler [index of Paddling websites I manage] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page #-Fortune: "I do not remember when is the last time I forgot something" -- Myles Johnson *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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