I am not qualified........... Decades back, when I was learning white water kayaking, I adopted left hand control, inspite of being right handed. I learned to roll with a righthand-rightside setup after capsizing. I have never willingly deviated. Since I use a long paddle when sea kayaking, I am obviously a notch off as an expert. We went to Finland for a week last summer and used their boats and paddles. Racers run the show over there, so I assume they have the truth in this matter. All their paddles are short. Also, ALL THEIR PADDLES are right hand control! I did not capsize, although I tried several times the first day out. My reflex low brace is still OK- left or right control no matter! Obviously, you must always use only short right hand control paddles! The Inuit of the Eastern Arctic and Polar Greenland just didn't know that they should only use short paddles. blah, blah, blah, etc......... Chuck Sutherland *************************************************************************** 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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