At 14:53 02-01-99 -0500, Steve Cramer <cramer_at_coe.uga.edu> wrote: >Hank Hays wrote: >> >> Anyone else remember the Capistrano Flip? Written up in AWA Journal back >> in the mid to late 60s, I think by a guy named Walt Drummond of Capistrano >> Beach (Someone else also revived it in a Canoe Mag article in the early >> 80s?). >> >It's been a part of the basic ACA canoe course for years. Thanks for the >historical background. I'd always wondered about the romantic name. > >Steve >-- thanks from here also ;-) i've been teaching this "cool flip" technique for a few years [as steve said, it's a well established part of the ACA course] and what swallows and canoes had to do with each other [of course, then i read john & susan's account, and didn't want to think about it any more ;-p <grin> sorry all, just getting caught up on my mail ;-) and as you can see, i'm up to the 2nd of the month!! mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com-------------------------------------- mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/paddler [index of Paddling websites I manage] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page #-Fortune: "In a world without fences, who needs 'Gates'" -- Scott McNealy, CEO Sun Microsystems "In a world without walls, who needs 'Windows'" -- Dave Livigni *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Jan 05 1999 - 16:55:24 PST
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