Re: [Paddlewise] Switching roll to Euro paddle

Dear Mark, 
I've noticed similar tendencies when switching from
narrower to wider bladed paddles.  Not sure on this,
but my sense is that the angle of the blade during the
sweep is less forgiving with wider blades.  Slowing
things down and giving it all more attention seems to
make it work just fine, but I suspect when one is used
to rolling with wider blades its all quite natural. 
Hence neither is inherently better for rolling-- its
just that what one is used to tends to feel better. 
Best, 
Harvey 


--- Mark Arnold <mjamja_at_earthlink.net> wrote:

> I tried rolling with a friends Euro (an Epic) paddle
> today and failed miserably on my first 2 tries.  
> Switched to my Greenland paddle and rolled fine both
> extended and without extending.   Retried the Euro
> and managed to come up on a couple of rolls, but the
> rolls felt kind of odd.   Main sensation was the
> strong resistance to sweeping the paddle.  It felt
> like it was in peanut-butter instead of water.  
> Also felt some fluttering .   Seemed to be less of
> an odd feel when I did not roll my wrists forward as
> I did in some of the early Euro rolls.
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