[Paddlewise] Bent shaft paddles?

<Have any of you tried the ergonomic bent shaft paddles>

Those of you interested in the bent shaft concept may want to take a look at 
the paddles from Cadence, a new company associated with Wenonah Canoe 
Company, (owner of Current Designs). They have introduced a series of 
bent-shaft touring designs with reinforced thermoplastic blades. The 
fiberglass-shaft bent model retails at $199 and the graphite shaft bent goes 
for $250- price points that may broaden the market for bent-shaft kayak 
paddles. Weights are comparable to all but the lightest of the graphite 
models out there. Information may be available at www.wenonah.com.

Disclaimer: I have been using a demo graphite model since November, and was 
on the focus group at Wenonah last summer that designed the blades.

-Andy Knapp
Minneapolis
We just had the earliest ice-out dates in history- now no excuse to go 
paddling.
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