At 12:49 PM 9/21/98 -0400, Kirk Olsen wrote: >> The danger is real, but the chance is minimal if you practice the proper >> technique of tucking your body forward as if to hug the foredeck whenever >> you flip. > >A couple of months ago there was a thread on this in rec.boats.paddle. One >contributor, I believe Corran Addison, was a firm believer in leaning >backwards instead of leaning forward. His logic was that he would much >rather lose teeth than damage his spine or skull. For a roll he does >something that ends up in a low brace (a roll I've yet to figure out.) I've hurt my back pretty badly (strain/bruise) when getting rapidly and forcefully flipped in heavy surf over a shallow bottom. On each occassion, I was stretching back rather than bending forward. Neither makes getting out of the boat any easier when it's upside down and I've not found a way to truly roll. The water in this surf is too shallow, so I'd have to do a full body and boat pushup, which I don't have the upper body strength for. Out of context, I'd think the "rather lose teeth (by banging into coaming/deck)than damage spine or skull" to mean he'd prefer to lean forward. Wynne Americus, GA *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Sep 21 1998 - 13:33:21 PDT
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