Re: [Paddlewise] Bent shaft paddles

The best bentshaft paddle I have seen is made by AT Paddles. Their
whitewater paddle is used by many many experts, and I am pretty much
addicted to mine. They now make a sea kayak paddle with a longer shaft and
smaller blade -- rex Roberton has a prototype, which I really really liked
for the three minutes that Rex let it out of his hands. I still prefer a
Greenland paddle, but if I had a lot of money to blow on a paddle, I
would get an AT paddle. I think Alder Creek in Portland sells them
(www.aldercreek.com).
Cheers,
Kevin

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	/   Kevin Whilden   \
       |Dept. of Geosciences \___
       |University of Washington \
       |kwhilden_at_u.washington.edu| 
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On Fri, 2 Oct 1998, Edward Sullivan wrote:

> Now we're off the subject of paddles...
> 
> I'm about to blow my allowance on a paddle upgrade. I have a vertical
> stroke and like to go fast. Any experience with bent shafts?
> 
> Forgive me if this was touched upon during the last flurry of paddle
> talk; my eyes glazed toward the end of the thread.
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