At 09:00 PM 4/25/2003 -0400, David Walker wrote: >Hi All , > >Anyone have any experience with the Derek Hutchinson designed Toksook >paddle . It is an interesting looking paddle and I recently saw it in >use while observing some of his teaching clinics from the shore at the >ECCK festival in Charleston , S.C. > >You can find an information web page here : >http://www.useakayak.org/toksook.html > >It is certainly not a cheap paddle at $300. So - other than price - is >there any controversy about the paddle design from the , to some , >controversial man ? At an LL Bean symposium several years ago I helped Derek carry his boat down to the water and carried his Toksook in the other hand. It's a bit heavier than you're typical $300 paddle. During the class I took with him someone else asked about the paddle and he said that he thought very light weight paddles were overrated. On the other hand, Linda Legg also uses a Toksook and she's a small person (but a very good paddler). *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Apr 26 2003 - 04:25:27 PDT
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