Rob wrote: In reality, your best brace is a forward stroke. I still catch myself bracing when I should be forward paddling. A good demonstration of this (which I learned years ago on Paddlewise) is to hold your paddle so the blades are feathered from their usual position. That is, when you take a stroke your blades will slice through the water and not grab the water. Now close your eyes and paddle 'normally.' Did you tip over? Jim Tibensky *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Jul 14 2010 - 06:05:28 PDT
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