: Your GP - with your technique. Not true for others.

: I also have all three types, plus Aleut, and a type no one here has tried
: that's a hybrid of Aleut, GP, and Wing and is used with a full on wing
: stroke (damn sweet paddle).

: I rarely make such bold or absolute statements as the following, but anyone
: with flutter issues with any stroke with GP (or any paddle for that
: matter) has technique issues. 2 minutes on water with you would both prove
: this and end it.

: Flutter - or alternating load shedding - is a result of a sloppy application
: of attack angles and/or overpowering paddle blades while accelerating at
: lower speeds (I've yet to hear of a case of flutter over 5 knots!). There
: are several small technique tweaks and "tricks" that are very
: natural, and a bit different with each paddle type, and once found you'll
: never have flutter issues again with any paddle.

: For wing stroke with a GP, the natural cant from a grip mostly on the blade
: roots takes care of the attack angle with no conscious effort. Stroke is a
: "modified wing stroke" due to closer hand spacing. With a euro,
: you need to make sure the blade is climbing a bit through the stroke. The
: wing paddle does this automatically.

I've been purposefully not replying to this, but maybe I have to. I thought we all were here to help each other out, not to win at all costs. Perhaps I was wrong.

Bill H.