-----Original Message----- Greg Stamer wrote: >At 11:18 AM 8/11/99 -0700, Mattson, Timothy G wrote: >>Have you ever seen a kayak surfer use a greenland paddlle? I know a >>greenland paddle would be fine for a launch and landing across the surf zone >>--- but if you are going out for a day of serious surfing, wouldn't you >>rather have a wide-blade Euro-paddle? > >Actually I often use my Greenland paddle with my Island wave ski for >"serious surfing" and I know of a handful of others who do the same. I have >also been playing with using hand-paddles in surf (after getting past the >breakers) and after that even a Greenland blade feels like tremendous >overkill. You will find paddlers using hand-paddles in whitewater as well. > >Often the best paddle for the job is simply the one that you are most >comfortable with, or have the most fun using. > Sure you can surf with a narrow Greenland paddle but you won't be able to accelerate as fast as you would with a short paddle with wider blades so you won't be able to catch the faster waves as far out as you could if you optimized the bite of the blade and sped up the stroke rate with a shorter wider paddle (lowering the "gear" ratio for quicker acceleration). If possible I use my 200cm river paddle for playing in the surf. (And being feathered a wave won't catch both blades at once while some part of me tries to go through the middle--but we've been here before too.;-) Matt Broze http://www.marinerkayaks.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Aug 11 1999 - 21:55:03 PDT
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