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Re: Paddle: apddle for river/current
By:Kurt Maurer
Date: 8/27/2010, 7:03 pm
In Response To: Re: Paddle: apddle for river/current (John lasky)

: Mental note made Ill implemnt the
: "Cant" tommorrow.

Careful with it. When I was struggling to learn to love the GP, I heard the same thing, that I needed to increase the cant angle of the blade. It caused a bunch of digging and near-capsizes and other nonsense, is what it did for me. Different advice works for different people, and what eventually worked best for me, and still does, is this: grasp the paddle lightly, and let IT tell YOU what it wants.

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Paddle: apddle for river/current
John lasky -- 8/26/2010, 3:06 pm
Re: Paddle: apddle for river/current
Robert N Pruden -- 9/1/2010, 12:10 am
Re: Paddle: apddle for river/current
Bill Hamm -- 8/26/2010, 4:33 pm
Re: Paddle: apddle for river/current
John lasky -- 8/27/2010, 8:31 am
Re: Paddle: apddle for river/current *PIC*
Stephen Troy -- 8/27/2010, 10:28 am
Re: Paddle: apddle for river/current
John lasky -- 8/27/2010, 11:30 am
Re: Paddle: apddle for river/current
Kurt Maurer -- 8/27/2010, 7:03 pm
Re: Paddle: apddle for river/current
Bill Hamm -- 8/28/2010, 12:55 am
Re: Paddle: apddle for river/current
Kurt Maurer -- 8/26/2010, 7:22 pm