At 07:12 PM 10/20/00 -0700, Melissa Reese wrote: >For me - technique is more important than lightness, bent vs. >straight shaft, and feather angle (I paddle with an 80° feather >without any problems). I just wanted to see this reiterated. So many times (mostly from whitewater paddlers) I've seen people claim that lower degreed feather angled paddled "cured" their wrist problems. I've maintained that it isn't the paddle that causes wrist problems; it's the technique one uses when using a paddle with a high degree of feather angle. Specifically, if you continually bend your wrist to it's maximum range you're going to have wrist problems. If one bends their wrist and their elbow neither joint is bent to it's maximum range and even a 90 degree feathered paddle can be used without problems. I also maintained that an unfeathered paddle can cause more problems than a feathered paddle if there is a strong wind. Pushing the wind with every stroke and controlling a wobbling blade probably puts more stress on the joints than a feathered paddle that is cutting into the wind. There. That ought to stir things up. *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Oct 21 2000 - 05:05:06 PDT
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