[Paddlewise] Feathered paddles & surf

From: Peter Osman <PeterO_at_ambri.com.au>
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 08:25:07 +1000
Matt Broze wrote:-

>you can't buy this kind of advertising.
>Greg Barton also took very good care of a customer of ours who broke a
>graphite shaft Epic paddle in the surf (the most likely paddling location
>where a paddle might break--especially unfeathered ones). 

Matt, I didn't understand why feathered paddles were less likely to break in
the surf? 

PeterO
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