In a class that Derek Hutchinson was teaching earlier this year, the same subject came up because he was advocating a 90 degree feather. When questioned about it being hard on the wrists, his response was that rather than rotating the wrist, the right forearm should be raised from the elbow joint (you still need to keep the elbow tucked in tight to avoid injuries). As a result of this class and learning the correct way to use a 90 deg feathered paddle, I wound up buying one of Derek's Toksook paddles. It is heavy (41 oz), extremely strong, 90 deg feather only, but the blades offer more support on braces, sculling strokes etc than any other paddle I have tried. The 90 deg feather coupled with an oval shaft make it very easy to know the position of the blades at all time. This is now my favorite paddle in my collection. Just my 2 cents, Steve Holtzman > 3. He has a hard time pivoting the paddle because of his stiff wrists. For > example it is hard to do a high brace on the left side with right hand > control. When going back to paddling on the right the blade angle is in the > wrong position, at times causing him to roll over. *************************************************************************** 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 Jul 12 2002 - 19:22:29 PDT
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