>>Doug wrote: > There is a point >where you know you just don't have the time or right angle to throw that >needed brace. At times like that, I don't even try; I just commit over to a >sculling brace which renders immediate stability in most situations. >Typically, once stability is encountered, I'll either high brace back up by >bringing the scull to center right angle or simply scull powerfully so I am >vertical again. There are variations. > If you don't have time to throw a quick brace, how do you have time to scull? Is your body in the water? I start sculling from a high brace, so that if I need a low brace behind, I cannot easily convert to a sculling brace. There is now at least one scull in even my quick high braces as it seems to give more support. Don't know if this is correct or not. >I use sculling for surprise "knock-overs", poor eddyline crossing mistakes, > If you err on an eddyline crossing and are getting tipped up stream, can you scull up stream where you should have braced down stream? What did I say? >The only time my sculling got me _into_ trouble was during the onset of my >trial Island incident. I had too much faith in my sculling ability, held on >too long If you were hanging on a sculling brace, what prevented you from coming back up? Jerry *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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