Joan, I think you just hit it on the nail!! That sounds like what starts to work for me after I've been in the boat for at least 1`5 minutes. Those first few minutes are another story though---every bone and muscle in my body is stiff because I KNOW I'M GOING OVER with the next wave. Steve > << The trick for me was when Pete suggested that I just get a lot >> looser in >> the >> >> hips and let the boat do what it wants to do. > The piece of information I needed was to keep > my head AND > shoulders level and not worry about what went on inside the boat. > I had been using my spine and head, which kept my hips tight. I kept > feeling that I had to balance somehow and that meant using my > hip. I didn't > understand it was my shoulders, not my hips that needed to be > actively used > for balance. *************************************************************************** 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 May 15 2001 - 17:41:41 PDT
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