..... >I guess it depends on the surf. Here on the big lake you can (or I can) >easily find yourself facing a much bigger and steeper wave than expected, >and if you realize it too late and are not paddling quick enough into it >when it hits you, you are in for a wild backward surf ride. I think that facing the bigger waves makes it a lot easier to see them coming, and to deal with them. It is also easier to study the wave pattern when facing them, I can stop and check it out for a while just outside the zone and figure out my timing...Using the smaller ones to push me to shore a bit, while under control, and ready to punch through the bigger ones...I can also stop and wait out my time in the in between zone much safer than the other way as again I am ready for evasive action... Yours naturally sylvio lamarche Wycliffe organic gardens & Exotic locales all over the globe *************************************************************************** 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 Aug 12 1998 - 20:49:44 PDT
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