>From the Gordster: > Doug said (snip): > > " But some of these instructors don't even no trms like piercing ." > > Well, I'm no instructor, I'm not even an expert. I have an idea that you > may not be using the term piercing quite the way it has come to be used in > our modern culture. I'm pretty sure you are not referring to; the > practice of poking holes in body parts then plugging said holes with > various objects such as bits of glass, scrap metal, or shinny sparkly > things designed to solicit a specific response or to make a statement. > > But I could be wrong. Please explain. No, not that kind of piercing, though I did pierce my Nordkapp with a coated stainless steel cable swaged into a circle, through the bow for my bow painter. And, I have been pierce-threatened while sufing near an errant paddler in one of those ridicoulusly pointy S&G kayaks. I just bought a Greatland signal laser and was out pircing the darkness tonight, practicing my aiming technique and slowing my sweep-time (no, not on the KLM plane heading to Japan overhead). No, the piercing I refer to my perspectivist friend is the technique one uses for ensuring one's kayak bow is oriented seaward as one rounds a large obstacle in a rock garden thereby giving a better angle of attack should a wave crest be forthcoming "out of the blue", shall we say that might threaten to side surf you and yak into said obstacle. John Lull probably covers it more eloquently in his book. I don't call it anything myself, just naturally having learned that my slow turing Nordy ain't gonna give me fast enough swing time to avoid a broach sideways into certain doom by climbing over the breaker in time. I also use a "piercing angle" whenever I'm overtop reefs or shoaling coastline sections where vigilence and the ability to turn quickly to enough of a successful angle to get over a creasting wave is paramount to good health and healthy hull hygeni. It's proactive paddling 101. Amongst serious boomers and close-shore work with rogue-like wave occurences, it actually is a manouver one ought to know well. I'm sure you have been out practicing these things with the boys. snip > I hope someone has more information on this incident. > > Gordin Warner Yeah, I was assuming a neophyte. But why not? Chances are it weren't no experienced paddler. BTW, loved your blog mention of the Sprinter. I saw Kirby's "prime mover" recently, and was going to mention the sweat ride on paddlewise before you did on your blog, but thought it might be not appropriate and now it's all over the internet - well, for anyone who reads your nifty blog. :-) Doug L *************************************************************************** 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 - 22:45:30 PDT
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