I have been experimenting with 2 home-made greenland-style paddles starting about a year ago with little or no progress. I have asked experienced SKers in my area (San Diego,Ca.) if they could demo the forward stroke. No luck. In a response to a similar request for info on rbp I received this great article concerning the technique of the Greenland national kayak champion demo'ed recently at Delmarva. I thank Kirk in the New England area for passing it along to me. I am going to try to duplicate/modify-to-fit this technique (since I really don't have a greenland paddle technique of my own, anyhow). James Jacobs http://www.jacksonville.net/~dldecker/fskaGreenland.htm *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
>I have been experimenting with 2 home-made greenland-style paddles starting about a year ago with little or no progress. I have asked experienced SKers in my area (San Diego,Ca.) if they could demo the forward stroke. James Jacobs> I live here in San Diego. This year I bought a Greenland paddle from Superior, and the Greenland video by VanDoren. I practiced the technique shown by VanDoren and got comfortable with it. I had been using modern narrow blade paddles; Eddyline WindSwift and Werner Little Dipper. I modified my technique with those paddles as well in accord with VanDorens style and found it very effective. However, I never grew to prefer the wood Greenland to the modern paddles. The lightness of graphite is too appealing to me. I have recently bought a new AT Xception Tour bent shaft paddle. This is so much better than any other paddle I have ever used that I am planning to sell all 6 or 7 other paddles of various kinds. I still use VanDorens technique except that my grip is not so narrow as he advises. Jerry *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Jerry: Two questions: First, where can I get the VanDoren video to which you refer? (I wish my high school English teacher were still alive to see that I no longer end sentences in prepositions); and secondly, what specific paddles are you selling and for how much? Thanks John At 09:01 PM 12/9/98 -0800, Gerald Foodman wrote: > > > >>I have been experimenting with 2 home-made greenland-style paddles >starting about a year ago with little or no progress. I have asked >experienced SKers in my area (San Diego,Ca.) if they could demo the >forward stroke. James Jacobs> > >I live here in San Diego. This year I bought a Greenland paddle from >Superior, and the Greenland video by VanDoren. I practiced the technique >-----snipping------ John Baughman P.O. Box 41037 Dayton, Oh 45441 johnb_at_your-net.com MoTown Forever! Ohio State '72 GO BUCKS! *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
> Two questions: First, where can I get the VanDoren video to which you > refer? I called Doug Van Doren and he referred me to: Lumbertown Canoe & Kayak 276 Ottawa St. Muskegon, MI 49442 616-728-2276 They sent me a copy pretty quickly. I think it was about $30. *************************************************************************** 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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