Hi everybody, I appreciate the concerns about the head dink and I'd like to take the time, this fine Thanksgiving morning, to speak to those concerns. If you take a close look at the Sea Kayaker magazine article, "Bracing 101," you will first notice that the magazine mislabeled the captions on the pictures for the high and low braces. If you get out the magnifying glass you will see that the "head dink" is actually putting the head onto the shoulder that is on the recovering side, basically "bringing the head up last." The latter phrase is more commonly used when referring to an Eskimo roll. While teaching bracing, the former phrase--head dink--is more commonly used among instructors in our area, Central California. Call it what you want, both phrases and techniques describe the same thing and require a little "head flopping" to be effective and achieve the counter balance effect of getting the kayak back under the person's head and into the paddling position. I did see Mr.. Hutchinson's "ranting and raving" in the latest Sea Kayaker and I heard that he was "taking some shots" during his presentation in Pt Townsend. Personally I get a big kick out of Mr.. Hutchinson, for his opinions and the marvelous humor he uses to deliver them. There are many people in the greater sea kayaking community that I think of fondly and with great respect even if I don't agree with all of their opinions. I think it is wonderful that someone who has been around and in the limelight for so long has taken notice of Roger Schumann, who I think of very fondly, indeed, even though our opinions often differ. Please let me take one more moment to thank Mr. Lloyd for sharing his experiences in the surf. We get to teach surf zone classes about 12 times per summer and every one of them is offering slightly different challenges for the instructors. It is one of the most dynamic and intense classes that we offer, even more so than the Open Coast or Rock Garden classes, because of the length of time that everyone gets to spend right in the surf zone. Thank you for taking the time to write up your experience. Happy Thanksgiving everybody! From Jan over at Roger Schumann & Jan Shriner ESKAPE Sea Kayaking Reputation for Excellence--ACA Certified (831) 427-2297. Web Page: http://www.eskapekayak.com authors of Guide to Sea Kayaking Central and Northern California *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Nov 25 1999 - 10:45:58 PST
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