>>> My perception on this gets coloured by my role as a designer of boats. To me the job priority of fitting boats to paddlers outranks fitting paddlers to boats. Folding boats, hard-shells, SOT's, and all the other configurations have validity and if they require some special skills or do not require others then instruction should (I believe) cater to that rather than insist upon a rigid hierarchy of paddling skills. >>> I too an afternoon of private instruction with Linda Legg earlier this year. Linda lives in the next town and I think she probably exemplifies the BCU coach. We never even discussed rolling. Her emphasis during the 3 hour session was on paddle strokes, sculling and bracing. I have spent the past 6 months incorporating the wealth of information and skills she attempted to impart, into my day to day paddling and will go back for another session shortly. I suspect that the BCU's image may be a bit mis-represented. cya *************************************************************************** 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 Oct 05 1998 - 09:21:21 PDT
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