In a message dated 8/13/2002 9:09:21 PM Pacific Daylight Time, kayakargentina_at_earthlink.net writes: > practice it wearing a snorkel mask. This way you > can take your time underwater, see what you are doing, see if your body is > doing what you want him to do. And another thing, Radical Gear makes a underwater snorkel breathing tube for about thirty bucks. You can see the ad in most kayak magazines. You can make one with a snorkel you may have handy, some clear pvc tubing and a bit of foam to fit under your legs to keep the tube in the correct position. Just run the tube up through your spray deck (around the waist) leaving enough length to comfortably grip in the mouth. Replenish air in the cockpit after you've taken a breath or two from it. It tastes gamey but unless your cockpit is super epoxy smelling it won't hurt too much. Watch out for grit, mud and sand, too. My wife used the Radical Gear unit as the one I made and used was pretty well badly done. It helped quite a bit. The tube, with a mask, may help you sort things out under there until you get the muscle memory developed. Rob G *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Aug 14 2002 - 17:49:00 PDT
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