At 09:50 a.m. 31/07/2003 -0700, Strosaker wrote: >Rafael, > >I am afraid that except for the name, your "Mexican Rescue Technique" is >anything but new. > >Nice photos, though! > >By the way, I once did a paddle from Imperial Beach, California to the >Mexican border and back. While I was at the border, I thought that I could >have a very steady business doing one-way kayak tours from Tijuana to >Imperial Beach. However, when I landed back at Imperial Beach, the U.S. >Border Patrol was waiting for me. Obviously, I wasn't the first one to think >of it. Duane, I agree with you that there is no magic in it, but.. the subtle point is that everybody has been discussing on how to keep the outrigger steady to use both hands to pump and I have suggested the paddle support under the thigh brace, which has been objected and nobody has mentioned that they have used it, and Matt and others questioned that you could not use it with the sprayskirt on. So I decided to make it explicit, prove that you can place the sprayskirt and still have the outrigger, and since Matt was requesting that it had a name I gave it one. Glad you liked it. The novelty has to do with the fact that you can do a paddlefloat reentry and roll and still be able to pump with some balance assistance and still use both hands, which everybody argued that it was not possible. Nobody has ever taught it that way in ACA or BCU, and I have seen nobody use it. It works for me and I wanted to share it, and felt that it was not understood or believed. Regarding your trip near the border, it was really funny, sure would be an excellent business. Rafael. www.mayanseas.com http://community.webshots.com/user/cayucochief *************************************************************************** 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 Jul 31 2003 - 10:26:58 PDT
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