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Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
By:Ken Blanton
Date: 8/27/2011, 5:05 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: Footbraces redux (Bryan Hansel)

IMO ... in general ... in a closed deck kayak (unless you have a boat that's made for it) ... torso rotation due to hip movement is very minimal ... because due to the fit of the boat ... there is minimal ability to rotate your hips or pump your legs. You're wedged in there and ya just don't have the ability to engage more body movement into your stroke like ya do in a ski. OTOH ... you can still get a good deal of spinal/shoulder rotation. As to pushing on the pegs ... I dunno how hard I push but I push hard. The more I feel the need for back support or to be locked in the harder I push ... and that and a back band pretty much restrict hip movement to near zero IMO.

Ken Blanton

: You don't just push on the footbrace to apply pressure; that
: doesn't build any extra power into your stroke. What you do when
: pushing on the footbrace is add extra torso rotation by turning
: your hips in the seat. Imagine your hips moving like they're
: riding a mini bicycle. Surfskis actually have a strap that locks
: you into the braces so you can pull on one leg while pushing on
: the other to help you rotate when more. Depending on the seat,
: I'd imagine that I put maybe 30 pounds of force on the pegs.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Footbraces redux
Scott Fitzgerrell -- 8/25/2011, 2:29 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Mike Bielski -- 8/25/2011, 6:11 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux *PIC*
Sean D -- 8/25/2011, 10:08 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Will N To Go -- 8/25/2011, 4:57 pm
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Reg Lake -- 8/25/2011, 9:48 pm
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Bill Hamm -- 8/26/2011, 2:00 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Bryan Hansel -- 8/26/2011, 10:59 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Bill Hamm -- 8/27/2011, 1:42 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Ken Blanton -- 8/27/2011, 5:05 pm
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Bryan Hansel -- 8/28/2011, 8:41 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Ken Blanton -- 8/28/2011, 10:39 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Bryan Hansel -- 8/28/2011, 11:07 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
eric Ogata -- 8/28/2011, 3:21 pm
Re: Strip: Footbraces/Torso Rotation
Bryan Hansel -- 8/26/2011, 11:18 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces/Torso Rotation
Bill Hamm -- 8/27/2011, 2:01 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces/Torso Rotation
Bryan Hansel -- 8/27/2011, 9:47 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces/Torso Rotation
Bill Hamm -- 8/28/2011, 2:07 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces/Torso Rotation
Bryan Hansel -- 8/28/2011, 8:44 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces/Torso Rotation
Bill Hamm -- 8/29/2011, 1:57 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Sean D -- 8/26/2011, 12:22 pm
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Will N To Go -- 8/26/2011, 8:33 pm
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Bill Hamm -- 8/27/2011, 1:45 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Will N To Go -- 8/29/2011, 1:20 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Bill Hamm -- 8/29/2011, 2:01 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Mike Savage -- 8/27/2011, 9:00 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux/forward stroke
Bryan Hansel -- 8/27/2011, 11:57 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux/forward stroke
Will N To Go -- 8/29/2011, 12:57 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux/forward stroke
Will N To Go -- 8/29/2011, 3:35 pm
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Kevin -- 8/25/2011, 7:43 pm
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Ken Blanton -- 8/27/2011, 4:38 pm
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Mike Bielski -- 8/27/2011, 4:42 pm
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Bill Hamm -- 8/28/2011, 2:11 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Bill Hamm -- 8/28/2011, 2:17 am
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Ken Blanton -- 8/25/2011, 3:50 pm
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Kurt Maurer -- 8/25/2011, 7:11 pm
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Scott Fitzgerrell -- 8/25/2011, 8:36 pm
Re: Strip: Footbraces redux
Kurt Maurer -- 8/25/2011, 9:16 pm