Jed wrote; >But if I have to switch to become >certified to teach, then I *will* switch. C'est la guerre! >Thank you in advance for your factual responses regarding BCU / ACA >policy and thanks to the rest of you for not trying to sway my beliefs >regarding the feathered / unfeathered debate. During my certification with ACA I do not recall it ever being said you must paddle feathered. I also while teaching introduce both feathered and unfeathered to beginner students. It is their choice. I just through my experience and what I have been taught through ACA and BCU try to explain both type of paddling. Although my students do go through the course with feathered paddles. It has not happen to date but if a student was to insist on paddling with a unfeathered paddle then it would be allowed, if that is what they are use to or want to do. My first two years of paddling was with a unfeathered paddle. It was no individual or instruction that changed how I paddled it was the conditions on a solo five day trip that changed my mind. To each his own and I firmly believe that. In recent classes although not used I bring both my touring and storm traditional paddles and do a on land demo of strokes. This is to broaden the students knowledge of the sport and the ways this wonderful craft can be propelled. Jed so boldly wrote; > Will I be forced to become a closet unfeathered paddle user? Will I be >doomed to paddle solo, so that no one should witness my shame? Maybe there is >a genetic link. I'll have to get back to you on the >two-sizes-too-small-orange-undies thing. The wife may want more children. >Barring that, as long is they don't clash with my hot pink PFD . . . . . . . Jed, I just have to know does your skirt match the PFD?? ;-) What a great sport! We real men can where skirts and it does not even turn heads. The hot pink PFD's, we can always say we are doing it for safety. Arthur Hebert *************************************************************************** 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 Mon May 01 2000 - 17:45:49 PDT
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