Original Message----- From: PeterO >G'Day, > >Help! Last week I increased the thickness of the knee pads in my boat to get >better knee lift. Peter, My guess is that your new leg position is causing your rear end to put pressure on a nerve resulting in the legs falling asleep feeling. You might try padding the front of your seat to give more support to your legs. Surf landing with your legs asleep can result in a face plant in the sand. (been there, done that! ) A word of warning. Sometimes when people add padding to the knees it changes your sitting position enough to effect your ability to roll. In my whitewater kayaking days one time I bought a new boat that had a much lower deck than my old boat. Luckily I tried a practice roll in flat water before I took it into rapids. I discovered that with the lower deck I had less leverage with my knees and I had to modify my technique before I could smoothly roll it. I would suggest a few practice rolls before heading out . Bob ----- *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Dec 29 2001 - 23:15:20 PST
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