> I just had a great conversation with Don Beale, who made my Greenland > paddle. I bought it from him in December of 2004 and it broke in September > of 2007 while I was trying to do a roll. > > Steve Holtzman Greg Stamer says that in Greenland they say a paddle should be strong enough to chin yourself from, and though they admired the lightness of his red cedar paddle, they questioned its strength. Here in North America, we like those lightweight red cedar paddles, but maybe we should start making them out of pine -- or hickory! Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Oct 26 2007 - 10:47:43 PDT
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