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

--- Steve Cramer <cramer_at_coe.uga.edu> wrote:

well, first - Jack said:

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

then Rich replied:

> > 
> > That's okay with me: I think my own perspective is skewed because I
> > don't pay that much attention to which face of the blade I'm using
> --
> > because I try not to use it very much. (With the exception of
> making
> > sure I'm using the off face on the C-1 paddle...

and finally, Steve reminded us:

> 
> Remember, folks, Rich is also, perhaps foremost, a canoeist. A canoe
> high brace is a very different animal. I have been known to do a
> C-boat
> high brace in a K-boat on occasion when the water is moving faster
> than
> my brain. Perhaps you, too, Rich?
> 

and I just had to say:

oh... I *was* wondering if our confusion was because we were dealing
with *evil open boater terminology syndrome* (eek!  just kidding Rich!
;-))

Melissa    



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