Matt said: > Evolution is such that many things get left over from a time > when they may have once been necessary. Matt I completely agree with you - and I try to avoid fads. Like you, I have seen them come & go in various sports and I understand how convenient and/or hard-to-resist they may be to many a sporting-goods manufacturer who would like nothing better than the opportunity to declare a whole lot of gear 'obsolete'. I started with a euro paddle that was 'about right' according to an instructor (at the time) and later bought one about the same length. I wasn't very discriminating and just got on with it... I, personally, would never advise anyone to move to a longer Euro paddle, just for the sake of being 'longer'. I certainly don't know enough about it. I'd advise anyone to try going a little longer or shorter - if they are curious - to find out what they prefer, just as you once did. By the time I started playing with GPs, I was more curious and experimented a bit. I have rationalised my preference for a slightly longer (than recommended) GP by believing that our boats are wider and higher than the Greenland Inuit boats. Although Nanook's craft would challenge that assumption too ;-) Best Regards Paul Hayward, Auckland, New Zealand (Temporarily in Alaska) *************************************************************************** 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 Jul 20 2010 - 18:05:42 PDT
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