I never used a stick before this past week, at the Atlantic Kayak Tours pre-symposium and symposium. I spent two full days learning the technique from Doug Van Doren during the pre-symposium, and then took his intermediate and advanced classes during the symposium. On Sunday I went out with my euro blade, and I found the same thing - definite, noticeable improvement, even in that short period of time. One other thing - my roll with the euro blade has been spotty, but with the stick it was virtually 100%. (Of course, that was using the stick with my Romany; when I tried to roll Doug's Betsy Bay, it was a different story. That boat just did NOT want to roll up, though I've seen Doug's demonstrations several times, and he makes it look totally effortless.) On Sat, 29 Jul 2000 21:12:13 -0700 "Spencer Smith" <spencerarthur_at_hotbot.com> writes: > > > So I'm curious. Has anyone, who paddles both blade > types/techniques, noticed similar changes in one style after > learning/using the other style? Or am I just full of it 'cause > unused muscle groups were getting a long missed workout? > > Spencer A. Smith > > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Jul 31 2000 - 20:42:48 PDT
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