Peter Treby said: <I'll try, but first, a warning. I'm an intermediate learner with a long way to go before I should be telling others how to do things. I posted this little theory in order to draw comment from those better able to give advice. Come on in you storm rollers, where are you when I need you?> <snip> Um, out paddling. BTW, most storm rollers don't roll too much in actual storms -- lots of bracing, though. I mean a lot. I get knocked over in rock gardens though, when I usually go over inadvertently to a rogue hitting reflected swell as it refracts around drying reefs. The water is often a marvelous lime green close-in upside-down, however, with lots of bubbles. I've never seen Aerial, her daughter -- nor any other little mermaids though. I see Jed and Rich already answered your query, Peter. If that Jed guy doesn't call himself an expert yet, he can't be too far behind by now! Jed certainly has pushed himself to excel. As far as my input, I don't find it matters a whole lot either. In big surf, you can make a good argument for coming up with a brace into it, but for smaller stuff, I find sometimes it is better to come up on the downwind/down wave side. Sure, you can get knocked over again if your timing is poor or you delay, but that is sometimes better than getting a face full of waves and wind from coming up on the up wave side just as that wave hits your face. Your volume of inhaled water may vary. DL [actually restricting myself to something on topic :-) ] *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jan 02 2001 - 00:35:18 PST
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