Shawn Baker wrote: >>it's not a true reflexive brace if your hard wiring doesn't tell >>you where the blade is. "Matt Broze" <mkayaks_at_oz.net> wrote: >I knew somebody might call me on this technicality, but for lack of coming up with a better term I used "reflexive" anyway. It's pretty much common in the kayaking lexicon. Maybe it doesn't quite jive with the actual biological description, but I think we can safely assume it's part of our industry jargon. > "reflex like" because the brace has become such a well polished habit and requires little in the way on conscious thought to apply it (much like a reflex). This makes it much quicker than having to analyze the situation (including which feather angle that you earlier chose to use today) and making a conscious decision as what is best to do each time. You've said it better than I. >I think we have come upon another one of those "religious" debates in paddling. Ain't it grand?! :) 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 - 08:10:10 PDT
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