Peter Osman wrote: > I'd be interested in other opinions on paddle length. Several people > have talked on Paddlewise about problems arising from the use of feathered > paddles with cocked wrists. But as I heard on Saturday it doesn't seem to be > necessary to rotate the wrist provided the paddle length and forward stroke > are adjusted appropriately. Generated significant tendon pain when I "graduated" from a 235 cm Werner San Juan (monster blades) to a 245, enough I had to lay off paddling for a while ... some 6-7 years ago. Switched to a 220 cm Lightning standard sea kayak paddle that summer (medium-size blades) and have been relatively tendon-pain-free since. I believe in short paddles ... it's your technique that counts. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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 Wed May 09 2001 - 07:01:43 PDT
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