Re: [Paddlewise] Dynamic Stability

On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 5:40 PM, <rcgibbert_at_aol.com> wrote:

>
> My take on this is that the kayak, person and paddle are a unit and when we
> adopt key elements of the above at the right time to be where we want to be.
> I'm jujst guessing but I believe the Dynamic part refers to multiple
> concepts with an additional play on the immediate environment, while
> stability is the end result. Anyone else heard this?
>

I've watched Eric Jackson demonstrate this concept in white water and it's
awesome to see. He uses the moving water to help him position the boat and
then a few paddle strokes and he's done. I watched him "ferry" across a
river with only four or five strokes but even so not losing position and
being swept down the river. The paddler he was trying to demonstrate this
for did like most of us, flail across with dozens of paddle strokes while
still struggling not to get swept down stream.

Until I watched Jackson do this I would have never thought it was possible.
Opened up a whole new system of kayak control to me. Too bad I could never
get even close to the way he did it.


Craig Jungers
Moses Lake, WA
www.nwkayaking.net
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