The risk is not just head but neck and spinal trauma: Whenever I am in unfamiliar waters practicing rolling, I make it a habit to stick my paddle vertically straight down (another advantage of Greenland paddles?). That assures a good 7 ft clearance. For the same reason I avoid rolling in surf. Tom Joyce *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Nov 12 2001 - 16:58:27 PST
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