Re: [Paddlewise] Legs Are Everything was "Long-short; euro-GP..."

From: Kirk Olsen <kork4_at_cluemail.com>
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 13:09:44 -0400
On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 00:23:03 -0500, "WhiteRabbit"
<whiterabbit_0117_at_charter.net> said:
> Taking the devils advocate.  All the legs do is anchor the lower body.
>
> It is a wide wide world, but I have never seen or heard of a paddler
> actually using their leg power to rotate their hips in the seat.  Most
> keep their butt relatively still in the seat and rotate at the base
> and lower part of the spine.

Brent Reitz has an online article on how to use your legs.
http://www.wildsprint.com/resources/burning_question/bq_sep02.htm
-- 
  Kirk Olsen
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