[Please remove all old content that is not pertinent to your reply including old headers and footers. It's list policy.... this post was modified to meet policy] Mark, It's easy to be the experts when you are the only two. Maybe we in the south will catch up with Ventura one of these days......... Thanks to Duane for the great idea concentrate on what the thing was most likely designed for. Check out Qajaq USA if you are interested for a few good video clips of different strokes: http://www.qajaqusa.org/Movies/movies.html If anyone wants to go further, most of the control (draw, rudder and such going both forward and backward) strokes that you learned - or didn't learn with a euro, work as well, especially if you extend the paddle at least a bit and maybe a lot. Also an interesting example below of the variety, courtesy of Harvey Golden, Left side - western hemisphere right side - Greenland: I was actually trying a stern rudder going backwards - does that make it a bow rudder? - I'll have to work on that one a bit more. So, don't be afraid to get wet - it's only water. Bob McMurray -----Original Message----- From: Mark Sanders 4/13/08 I wasn't sure what to expect today from Duane Strosaker and Bob McMurray's GP Stroke Clinic. Not that I questioned their abilities and knowledge-any one who paddles with them knows they are the Greenland experts for our local waters. It's just that using a GP always seemed rather intuitive to me-a big reason I like to have mine around. But as is the case for most classes I take, I came away with a couple savory morsels to consider for my future GP paddling. *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Apr 15 2008 - 04:04:42 PDT
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