From: "niels.blaauw" <niels.blaauw_at_wanadoo.nl> > Playing in the waves in this pool is regular practice in my club. > Although we always wear helmets in surf and whitewater, we do not wear > them in this pool. I don't know why: It's a kind of tradition that > nobody ever questions. Interesting. I have been doing pool sessions with WW kayakers* this season (the SK club couldn't get enough people) and most of them wear helmets in the pool. They want to practice in the same gear that they use to paddle on rivers, so helmets & WW drytops are used instead of bathing suits. Someone told me that another WW club insists on all paddlers wearing helmets in the pool. I had an incident a couple of years ago that makes me think a helmet isn't a bad idea in the pool. I was practicing hip flicks at the edge of the pool and trying some quasi-handroll stuff. At one point I flipped over and immediately went into hand roll mode. I almost got up and it encouraged me to try again. After flailing up and down a few times, I had moved myself over to the side of the pool and slammed my temple against the pool deck! Stars for a bit and a wet exit. I ended up with Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (must of dislodged something in the balance organs) and was out of it for a couple of weeks. Now I stay away from the edge of the pool and use a float or storm paddle for such practice. In your case, with such shallow water in parts of the pool, it may be a good idea. Mike *tried rolling a canoe (Rival) last week. Trickier than it looks - I'll stick to SK :-). One woman there can hand roll a canoe (Phantom? small single canoe). Makes me want to cry!!! *************************************************************************** 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 Feb 11 2002 - 14:12:48 PST
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