Rick Sylvia said: > All my learning has taught me that if > you're using strength, you've got a problem with your > technique. Perhaps I'm taking the work "strength" too literally.......... > >..............Because, if Euro style is strength oriented, > then I've got to go back and re-learn a bunch of stuff :-( > and consider switching to Greenland myself :-) Rick, Think of it like gears on bike. With the GP, you are in a lower gear--your cadence will be faster, but there is much less effort on each stroke. It does feel a lot easier than a Euro paddle, but the techniques are different. You cant the blades forward on the catch so the blade actually dives. While playing with mine in some surf last week I was having a little difficulty side surfing my boat on some waves. With a Euro (what I usually use in surf), I just put the blade out in either a high or low brace and everything is cool. With the GP, I was told to think of it like sex--you can't just lie there and not move. In order to stay upright, I had to skull the blade. When I didn't - I leaned all the way into the wave and would have capsized if I hadn't changed what I was doing. Steve Holtzman *************************************************************************** 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 Sep 03 2004 - 12:01:34 PDT
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