Mark, I find that I need to pay more attention to the blade angle of attack with my euro paddle. I make a conscious effort to roll my wrist back so the blade has a definite climbing angle on the sweep. Hope that helps! David D. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 22:09:24 -0600 > From: "Mark Arnold" <mjamja_at_earthlink.net> > Subject: [Paddlewise] Switching roll to Euro paddle > > 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. > > For those of you who use both types of paddles what are some key > points to focus on when switching the roll from a Greenland paddle > to a Euro? > > Mark J. Arnold
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