At 13:59 9/20/99 -0700, "Evan Dallas" <Evan_Dallas_at_notes.ntrs.com> wrote: ><snip> >>Someone with a great deal of paddling experience recently told me that >they routinely switch back and forth between feathered and unfeathered >paddles and that this gives them no trouble. I was excited to hear this >because I learned to paddle strictly with unfeathered paddles due to >worry about wrist injury (wrist injury would put me out of business). ><snip> >>Does anyone think I can use both techniques? > >>Nick Lyle > >Nick -- I started out feathered for a couple years, switched to >unfeathered due to wrist/forearm problems, and then a couple years ago >switched to a 60 degree feather (which was love at first paddle). Each >time I switched, it did take a while to re-establish new habits -- >especially things like bracing or similar moves where you tend to react >instinctively. Altho I've also heard of people who can switch hit (between >feathered/unfeathered, not that "other" thread that's currently running), >I'm personally a little skeptical of being able to maintain your reaction >speed without a certain amount of time to reestablish new habit patterns. > >Evan >Woodinville Washington i'll pitch in from sports i have vast knowledge of, in comparison to boating, bicycles and motorcycles... most people do NOT switch the orientation of the brake handles on their motorcycles, to match their bicycles... in the usa, generally, the front brake on a bicycle is the left hand, and on a motorcycle, it's the right hand... you can see the immediate problem, but even amongst the real serious racers i've known, none has ever grabbed the wrong one, even under what you'd call "combat" conditions... nor have i, and i rode both extensively. if you are fluent with both, you'll have no problem... and if you are fluent in one, and learning the other, you probably won't have much problem either... YMMV, and all other disclaimers apply. mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com-------------------------------------- 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 of Paddling websites I manage] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page -- Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. --Pablo Picasso *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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