RE: [Paddlewise] Surprises while Paddling

> I suppose another surprise was while getting slammed over by surf I
was
> hanging upside down waiting for it to let me go. One hand had been
pulled
> off the paddle but I managed to hold on with the other and it was
dragging
> along off to my side. In my mind I was just waiting for things to calm
> down
> so I could roll up. In a flash though I felt the paddle break in half
-
> the
> break being right in my hand. There hadn't been much drag on the
paddle,
> at
> least it didn't seem to be much. It was the first time I had
experienced
> such a catastrophic failure of my gear. Maybe not so shocking for
most,
> but
> for me, at the time, it caught me totally off guard.

How did you recover from that?  Were you carrying a spare paddle, or was
someone in your group carrying a spare?  Were you even with a group?

Rick
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