Re: [Paddlewise] Paddle floats

> Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 18:34:29 -0400
> From: dldecker_at_se.mediaone.net
> Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Paddle floats
> 
> John I kind of agree with you , buuuut think it is the unfamiliar or
> unknown that gets them. When teaching people how to paddle thru surf ,
> getting out or in, they are almost always amazed that it is not as hard as
> it seemed standing on the beach. Also one paddler that is a rolling fool
> and paddles going  up, down, up, down rolling as he paddles was in the
> ocean with me about a half mile or so out and I asked him to roll and he
> looked at me like I am crazy, which I am if I don't take my medicine, and
> would not try it till I did then it was up, down, up, down rolling the rest
> of the paddle. We talked about it and even though this paddler is a good
> roller in lakes and rivers he was unsure about the different surroundings
> and never doing it in the ocean before ,all the safety equipment we had
> with us still did not change that. 
> 
> Dana


One word.... marine-mandibularphobia   :-)


Jackie 

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