Mark wrote: I live in Southern California. Coasters are virtually unknown down here. I realize that the Bay Area gets a larger quantity of crappy conditions than we do, but occasionally we get some world-class crap down here. So I'm interested in what's up with this boat. I've been looking on the Net for photos or other information. There's nothing! Just anecdotal stuff like you've been posting. Somebody needs to get the Brose bros a Web site. Mark You could call Mariner Kayaks in Washington (the old-fashioned way). There are dozens of Coasters around the SF Bay Area, mainly for the ocean, but they surf well in tide rips on the Bay and are fun to paddle downwind in the constant 25 knot winds of the Summer. Matt Brose told me they had or were designing a website, but I haven't seen it anywhere. John *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Mark wrote: > I live in Southern California. Coasters are virtually unknown down > here. > I realize that the Bay Area gets a larger quantity of crappy > conditions > than we do, but occasionally we get some world-class crap down here. > So > I'm interested in what's up with this boat. > > I've been looking on the Net for photos or other information. There's > nothing! Just anecdotal stuff like you've been posting. While I haven't seen a photo of a Coaster on the Web, here is a reasonable facsimile: http://toolshed.artschool.utas.edu.au/PigVision/PICTORAMA/WyethJ_portrait.GIF You might also want to check out the adds in the back of just about any issue of Sea Kayaker magazine. The photo in the add for George Gronseth's kayak academy is of a Coaster. (BTW, does anyone else think that the woman in the ad has her arm in a classic shoulder-dislocation position? What happened to doing braces with the elbows tucked in? I guess I am behind the times.) Dan Hagen *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
On Thu, 15 Oct 1998, Dan Hagen wrote: > > You might also want to check out the adds in the back of just about any > issue of Sea Kayaker magazine. The photo in the add for George > Gronseth's kayak academy is of a Coaster. (BTW, does anyone else think > that the woman in the ad has her arm in a classic shoulder-dislocation > position? What happened to doing braces with the elbows tucked in? I > guess I am behind the times.) Hi Dan, As a whitewater instructor for the Kayak Academy, I can tell you that the position of the woman in the ad has no chance of causing a shoulder dislocation. George teaches this to all of his students, and believe me, he would not do this if it was dangerous. Look closely at the picture, and notice that the woman's outboard hand is close to her chin. The outboard hand is the one furthest away from the paddle blade which is in the water. The physiology of this position makes it impossible to dislocate the shoulder, according to George. It seems very few people are aware of the importance of keeping the outboard hand near the chin. Don't try the brace pictured in the ad while pushing the outboard hand forward and away from the chin, because this is exactly the position that will likely result in a dislocation. Holding the hand near the chin also helps in the final stages of completing a roll. Some good paddlers do this naturally, or at least I did it before I met George. I personally would love to trade a little work on the Broze's website for blemmed Coaster... Cheers, Kevin *************************************************************************** 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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