My take on large close-out waves: they're best avoided. Pitch-polling is never good. And neither is finding yourself inside a close-out special, that moment of weightlessness when you're upside down at the apex of the barrel, knowing full well that what follows is a violent inverted impact below-with tons of water hammering down from above, followed immediately by a seemingly relentless thrashing... If a dump zone can't be avoided and I'm not in the mood for a beating, I'll paddle in on the back of one, wait for it to detonate and then paddle like a madman to avoid taking a direct hit by the one behind--and once out of the impact zone, ride the foam pile to shore. If the waves form well defined sets, I'll paddle in on the back of the last, follow the same procedure and hope to clear the impact zone during the lull. Craig *************************************************************************** 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 Thu May 09 2002 - 07:42:12 PDT
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