>I agree that the paddle is most likely to pivot if it is feathered, or if it >does catch on the wave strongly it is likely boat, body and all will get shoved >backward. Since most of our big surf on Lake Superior is that evil dumping >shore break, I don't have too much experience punching out through waves much >larger than 5 feet or so. However in my whitewater paddling I have punched >through breaking waves up to 8 feet high and never had a paddle shoved in my >face. I don't recall ever talking to a whitewater paddler who has had this >happen to them Would it make a difference that in whitewater (i.e. in a river) the wave stands still and the water moves through it, while in the surf the water is relatively stationary and the wave force moves through instead? *************************************************************************** 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 Apr 27 1999 - 07:23:22 PDT
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