In a message dated 1/20/00 12:54:15 AM Pacific Standard Time, mkayaks_at_oz.net writes: << Acutely the shorter tighter curl on a 4 or 5 foot dumper is more likely to put the bow under. Incidentally on those few occasions when I was able to bury the bow it only went and inch or two under and quickly came back to the surface, continued surfing and didn't ender. >> Sometimes you just have to be in the worng place at the wrong time. Once sitting outside the surf zone, off Shi Shi beach, I had a wave well up behind me, I started to back paddle but it curled up over me and I pitch-polled. Some people think they pitch-poll or pearl a Mariner when in fact they buried the bow in the sand in shallow water. Its an interesting sight the kayak comes to a screeching stop with the kayak straight in the air. That is an operator error mixed with a little bad luck. *************************************************************************** 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 Jan 20 2000 - 23:01:36 PST
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