At 10:31 AM -0500 7/16/99, Chuck Holst wrote: > >I think we non-Greenlanders who have been studying Greenland paddles and >paddling techniques and posing as authorities are a bit like the blind >men of the Indian fable: everyone has hold of a different part and thinks >it represents the whole. For my part, I suspect that the Greenland paddle >and the sliding stroke evolved together, and I do not consider any paddle >that cannot be used with the sliding stroke to be a Greenland paddle >regardless of appearance. > I can do a sliding stroke to good effect with a "euro" paddle, does that make it a "Greenland" paddle? No, I don't slide all the way to the end, but I can use the sliding technique to do extended paddle moves. While it is not convenient, you can slide all the way to the end. I know what I am doing does not qualify by most peoples criteria as true "Greenland" technique, but it is an example of how the skills can be adapted to different paddles. Nick Schade Guillemot Kayaks 10 Ash Swamp Rd Glastonbury, CT 06033 (860) 659-8847 Schade_at_guillemot-kayaks.com http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/ >>>>"It's not just Art, It's a Craft!"<<<< *************************************************************************** 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 16 1999 - 14:33:39 PDT
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