Kevin: I have the video "Essential Boat Control"... an excellent video. There is so much information in that video, I think "how can I not only learn what's in that video....how do you apply it 'instinctively' ." Obvioulsly, with practice. But also it needs some forethought. The only strong currents I have been exposed to have been on George's trip to Strawberry Island. What fun! And I look at that video thinnking... now how can I remember all that? This stuff was not intuitive... I remember asking George as we approached the eddyline: "Which way do I lean." I think I got that. Now to refine it and maintain control. Eddylines, waves and pillows...it's all new to me. Boofing seems too scary for me. I had damaged a disk when I was younger. It hasn't given me any problems in years, but there is a weakness in the lumbar region...so boofing doesn't appeal to me right now... I don't want to compress an intervertebral disk. Do you have any questions for me that might be useful to work on... to understand this stuff? What do Whitewater-neophytes (crossing over from Seakayaking) seem to have the greatest problem with? Robert *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Jan 20 1999 - 09:43:19 PST
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