Nick Schade <schade_at_guillemot-kayaks.com> wrote: >Why is it a stretch to think that a sliding stroke couldn't be as fluid as with a GP. With a GP your hand needs to open up, with a euro it doesn't. A barely perceptible cocking of the wrist takes care of the feathering, and you just let the shaft slide. Barely perceptible, but it's still there. Just like arguing that the Euro doesn't need the sliding stroke for a powerful bite (like they're used in whitewater). The sliding stroke with a GP is barely perceptible, but still used for a big, powerful stroke. Barely perceptible to one is conspicuous and annoying to another. Feathering messes with the sliding stroke. Plain and simple. You slide the shaft, and lose your indexing. I'd agree 100% that a sliding stroke with an unfeathered Euro is as fluid as with a GP. But that's really more of a chapter for the feathered vs. unfeathered debate. :) Shawn __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News - Today's headlines http://news.yahoo.com *************************************************************************** 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 Sep 18 2002 - 08:03:36 PDT
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