On Fri, 9 Jul 1999, Nick Schade wrote: > At 9:42 AM -0700 7/8/99, Mattson, Timothy G wrote: > >I don't like the name Free-style 'cause it is devoid of information. > > > > Thats exactly what I like about it. Most people practicing "Greenland > Technique" are really having fun experimenting with different paddle > strokes and trying different manuevers. "Freestyle" lets you experiment and > grow in the best tradition of the kayakers of Greenland. Instead of trying > to conform to some mis-begotten concept of how the original kayakers really > paddled, why not create a context and foundation for moving onward. The > only valid reason I can see for studying traditional techniques is to learn > how to improve your own and hopefully learn techniques better than those > you were taught. > > > > Nick Schade > >>>>"It's not just Art, It's a Craft!"<<<< carefull nick, sensibility is creeping in ... great!!! mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com----http://www.diac.com/~zen/mark ---- # 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 to club websites i administer] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page -- Fortune: The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes. --Benjamin Disraeli *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Jul 09 1999 - 09:25:12 PDT
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