At 08:54 10/16/99 EDT, Blankibr_at_aol.com wrote: >Paddling with a Inuit style paddle (long thin blades using anthropometric >measurements (designed to meet your body measurements)is considered paddling >"Greenland style" here in the US of A. Having recently watch the Greenland >National Champion paddle at the DelMarVa Paddler's Retreat, I suggest we >paddle Americanized Greenland. having gotten to spend a week or more with maligiaq this summer, over the course of2+ months, i agree that there is very little "true" greenland style boating done around here ;-} and my sliding stoke has improved a LOT!! i have been able to adapt it to my euro-style WW paddle, such that i can comfortably paddle long distances [10-15 miles] with a very short paddle. [203 vs 230!!] 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.jacknjillz.com/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 - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Oct 16 1999 - 09:01:50 PDT
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