You make a good point, Duane... Although removing the back band might be a wee bit radical, there's no denying that I get a more efficient, more powerful forward stroke when I lean forward just a bit -- maybe 10-15 degrees. In that position, there is little or no pressure on the backband. I'm thinking, now that you mention it, that I don't put much pressure on my backband unless I'm sorta wriggling in the boat to resettle myself. Bob >Like raising > the training wheels > on a bike, my back bands were moved back to the point that they really > weren't providing very much for support. As an experiment, I recently > removed the back bands, and so far I haven't missed them. Are > there any > other sea kayakers out there paddling without any kind of a back rest? *************************************************************************** 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 May 15 2003 - 05:49:49 PDT
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