Thanks for the clarification since I had not heard the term before. A friend had been arguing that a deep brace implied that the paddle blade was deep under the water, so I am glad that this is not the case. It happens that I have been practicing 'deep braces' lateley, with my head hitting the water before bracing up. I find this maneuver more difficult than a roll and I fail to come up about every half dozen times, and am forced to roll. Not sure why the deep brace fails since my roll is extremely reliable. Also, bracing back up from a 'deep brace' requires much more muscle than coming up after my roll. Again I am not sure why. Jerry *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Jul 30 2004 - 09:14:13 PDT
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