RE: [Paddlewise] Kayak surfing question - low/high brace - Let's stick to usage 2!

Let's stick to usage 2! Usage 1 only causes confusion.


-----Original Message-----

Ah, terminology confusion.  The problem is that the same term can be
used for two different things:


Usage 1:

	Low brace: paddle held relatively low; elbows below shoulders;
	lots of slack in elbows and shoulders; roughly the same position
	that one would end up in after a C-to-C roll.

	High brace: paddle up high; no slack in elbows or shoulders;
	excellent way to dislocate a shoulder especially if you flip
	upstream while surfing a hole/in shallow surf.

Usage 2:

	Low brace: off (non-power) face of the blade down

	High brace: power face of the blade down


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