[Paddlewise] Questions, Have Such Tests Been Conducted By An Objective ...

From: John Winters <jdwinters_at_eastlink.ca>
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 07:18:53 -0300
Mike wrote:

> I believe  that fairly reliable performance tests could be
> designed for  different paddle designs used in different conditions, but 
> I'm
> sure it  would take some serious effort and a lot of time. Sounds like a 
> good
> job for Consumers Union! Mike Kory

Sorry I misunderstood you. No question that none-industry testing would 
provide results without an industry bias. Would they provide objective 
results without a paddler bias? That, it seems to me, poses the greatest 
problem with tests that use people to evaluate and measure performance.

Cheers

John Winters 
***************************************************************************
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 Sun Sep 12 2004 - 03:19:11 PDT

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Thu Aug 21 2025 - 16:31:17 PDT