From: "Kevin Whilden" <kevin_at_yourplanetearth.org> > > You move on a non-breaking wave because gravity pulls you downhill, > > as you described above. In general, however, you can't sustain > > this motion without adding some paddle power. > > Again, you are dead wrong. It is entirely possible to surf for hours on an > unbroken standing wave, and surf contests generally only score points while > the surfer is on the green part of the wave. Are you talking about river standing waves or non-breaking ocean waves? I was thinking only of ocean waves (I guess I should have mentioned that.) River waves get lots of velocity from the drops that aren't available in an ocean wave (open ocean, let's not get into tidal stuff). Mike *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Jan 18 2002 - 16:33:18 PST
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