PeterO wrote: > Dropping both hands! Come to Sydney Harbour and I'll buy you a beer and then > we can go and look at some of our surf ski racers! I'd love to! Your view sounds much better than my local canal with the bathtub-rental. > You can spot them a > kilometre away as they have the most stylish stroke in which the hand > doesn't drop during the power phase of the stroke. Whether its efficient or > ergonomic who knows, but it looks great. I bet they do look great - but perhaps we shouldn't get our long-distance-stroke from testosteron-poisened wave-gods. > Likewise our instructors shout at > me if I drop my hand during the power phase, when they ask me to demo the > stroke to newcomers. Do they have any justification for that advice? > The other times I'm really careful is if I'm sprinting > or if I'm dog tired on a long trip. But no one's perfect and I'm quite sure > that when I'm slack I drop my hand. For the sake of evaluating the effect of > your ideas in my stroke I thought it best to stick with the best stroke that > works for me. I started thinking about efficiency when I found out that there's places along the Corsican coast that I can not reach on a one-day-trip. I spent years perfecting my stroke (and designing my paddle-carrier) to be able to visit those places without the risks that accompany multi-day trips: Bad weather getting me stuck for several days on a remote beach without water; running out of beer; getting my lighter wet and having to stop smoking for days; getting arrested for illegal camping. Last year, I _did_ manage to visite those remote places - and was quite disappointed. The most beautiful places turn out to be easy to reach. > Impulse Power! Have I spent too much of my life watching Star Trek If you're talking the Originals and The Next Generation, there's no such thing as "too much Star Trek". Their idea of impulse power is nonsense, though. > I promise to do it next weekend though. Take your time. I value your input, whenever you have time to spare. Take it easy, Niels *************************************************************************** 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 Mon May 02 2011 - 07:46:23 PDT
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