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
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