--- Shawn Baker <shawnkayak_at_yahoo.com> wrote: > Shawn wrote: > Unless you're using a 90* or 0* > offset...in which the inboard > blade pretty much tells you exactly what the > outboard blade is doing. Not so sure about this one. I think many paddlers let the paddle slip in their non control hand, orienting it only with the indexing of their control hand. That would seem to indicate that the angle of their blades are pretty hardwired into their brain, whether that angle is 30, 45, 60 or whatever. Every stroke they place is based on that angle. Why would that be limited to 0 and 90 degrees? > With a feathered Euro paddle, extended strokes just > get a little too > sloppy. You have to start watching what the paddle > blade is doing, > rather then being able to rely on reflex and the > tacticle feedback of > your inboard blade. I have used extended strokes a good bit in squirt boating. I won't clain ANY of my strokes are fluid or precise, but I have watched some of the "founding fathers" of squirtboating use VERY precise extended paddle strokes with a 40 or 45 degree feather paddle. Their skills were levels of magnitude above mine, but they were certainly precise and fluid. To be fair I must say the they were using one stroke on one side for a particular move rather than using it for power in a forward stroke. To my untrained eye it looked like when they needed more power forward they usually just bumped up the stroke rate. Pete __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.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 Thu Sep 19 2002 - 09:27:18 PDT
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