>>While I agree that ocean surfing requires many of the same skills as some white water, they aren't *exactly* the same skills. For one thing, on the ocean the waves move and the water (mostly) stands still. On a river it's the water that moves and the waves stand still. This can be a bigger difference than you might think. Yeah, but the boat doesn't know the difference :-) I understand what your saying and I know that there are some differences between whitewater and ocean surf. Like I said before, I have never done whitewater river, but the first time I played in Deception Pass I was thrown for a loop trying to figure out how to cross the conflicting eddylines. It took me a couple of tries to figure it out. Anything you can do in a kayak that is "different" certainly contributes to your base skills. Maybe someday I'll take a shot at WW. I must admit that those standing waves really look appealing :-) Scott So.Cal. *************************************************************************** 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 22 2008 - 16:55:23 PDT
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