On Fri, 20 Oct 2000, John Fereira wrote: > >> i need some paddle advice. not as in paddling, but as in buying a > >> paddle. by profession i'm a violinist so very protective of my hands > >> [snip] i found "lightning" paddles out of > >> oregon on the web and in the back of a book we have (www.paddles.com) and > >> they have a 21 oz. one i am fantasizing about. can you guys enlighten > >> me? is there such a thing as "too light" a paddle? A paddle is only "too light" if it breaks. > I paddle a Lightning standard but it's the old fiberglass shaft model. > I've also paddled the carbon fiber version and I really liked it. I've had a custom lightning ultralight (with Struer blades instead of one of the usual Lightning blades) for a few years. It's a nice paddle. My wife is very adament that she needs to be the one using it when we paddle together. I've tried a couple of Epic paddles (http://www.epicpaddles.com). I'm now lusting after one of their length/lock paddles as our next lightweight paddle. > It > definately felt a lot lighter than my paddle but I'm sure that I get used > to it. Getting used to the price (~$345 US) is another thing. More than once I've loaned out my Lightning (like with paddlewiser Jack Fu) and had them quickly convinced that a really light paddle is a wonderful thing. kirk *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Oct 20 2000 - 13:33:26 PDT
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