Steve said: To me, any discussion of Greenland verses euro naturally leads to feathered verses un-feathered since that is really the most obvious difference between the two. All the other differences are just a matter of dimensional differences, which vary widely on the euro anyway. I always use an un-feathered paddle because of what I perceive as the following advantages: -I don't need to worry about how to do proper wrist and/or forearm articulation when using a feathered paddle to avoid injury I've been taught that feathered paddles are easier on the hand/wrist/forearm, and that is one of the most important reasons to feather. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
On 9 Sep 2004 at 10:01, Jolie Wheeling wrote: > I always use an un-feathered paddle because of what I perceive as the > following advantages: -I don't need to worry about how to do proper > wrist and/or forearm articulation when using a feathered paddle to > avoid injury But that's a myth. Using an unfeathered paddle does not mean that there's no wrist flexure. It's just that the wrist flexure is opposite what you do with a highly feathered paddle. If you are lifting your arm to plant the paddle, that imparts a rotation to the blade. With an unfeathered paddle, you have to rotate your wrist by dropping your hand a bit to compensate. Most folks don't even notice this. It's usually a small bend and in a direction that may not aggrevate, say, CTS, but it's there nonetheless. The feather angles that lead to no wrist flexure run between about 25- 60 degrees, depending on paddling style. Those are the popular feather angles being adopted today. Mike *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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