Re: [Paddlewise] Bad forward sweep

From: John Fereira <jaf30_at_cornell.edu>
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 11:23:41 -0500
At 11:00 AM 1/8/02 -0500, Andree Hurley wrote:
>Another fun exercise is more easily done in a whitewater boat on shore;
>one person sits in the boat while the other stands at the bow. The person
>in the boat takes the paddle and assumes the "box" position (elbows at
>90-ish degrees), then winds up and places the forward blade between the
>feet of the person standing. Then, using the whole torso and keeping the
>eye on the blade move the boat so that it spins and the person is left
>standing  at the stern. Then do the reverse and meanwhile pay attention to
>what muscles are working...
>
>Does that make sense?

Yes.  That's very cool.  It would take a short whitewater boat and/or a 
long paddle to do it though.  Anyone else got some cool kayak tricks like this?


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