Re: [Paddlewise] static brace

From: Kirk Olsen <kolsen_at_imagelan.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 13:26:32 -0400 (EDT)
On Thu, 14 Oct 1999, Chuck Holst wrote:

> You mentioned the Romany in an earlier post. One reason I bought mine is
> because a layback roll is easy to do in it. And for the last two years,
> James Loveridge has demonstrated a full range of Greenland rolls, hand
> rolls, and the static brace in a Romany kayak at the Great Lakes Sea
> Kayak Symposium. So now I don't have my kayak as an excuse for not being
> able to do a static brace!

So what is the positioning for a static brace?  I've tried a few different
positions but thus far can't hold still.  The closest I've come is lying
in the water with my face up and my greenland paddle slowly waving back 
and forth (essentially sculling) over my head.

kirk
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