Good luck in the surf ski champs, I would love to hear your race report afterwards. The XT is a good choice for that race. I've had friends go out for the race. They paddle 17" beam boats here and were happy to be on V10 sports and XTs in San Francisco. Well all of the locals except Alex McLain - she used a 17 inch beam Huki S1X, and did well. I'm okay on the 17" beam boat for workouts and the first 2 hours of a race. After that it gets ugly. At least for me a fairly short paddle length (I use a 209.5 cm) and a high turn over are better than a longer paddle or a more deliberate stroke. A single brace can really mess with your speed and alignment.... Kirk On Thu, Jul 19, 2012, at 12:42 PM, Duane Strosaker wrote: Kirk, I totally agree about stability. The 17 inch wide Fenn Elite was kicking my butt in the ocean, so I switched to the 19 inch wide Fenn XT. I'll be using the XT in the US Surfski Champs at San Francisco on August 4th, because the water gets so wild there. I also recently bought the 18 inch wide Fenn Swordfish as a step up in performance and will start using it after the champs. But I'll be saving the XT for the rough days. I don't believe I could ever be good enough to handle a 17 wide surfski well on the ocean. I can keep upright on them, but being able to apply full power for the forward stroke while bouncing around is another thing. -- Kirk Olsen *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Jul 20 2012 - 10:33:50 PDT
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