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Re: Too late!

Posted By: Don Beale
Date: Thursday, 4 January 2001, at 1:31 a.m.

In Response To: Re: If Ive got this straight (Greg Stamer)

I just came in from modifying the paddle. The edges are now as thin as I can comfortably hols, about 3/16", and rounded off. It feels better, and didnt lose any stiffness. But thanks! And I guess I should have said "vertical" on the elbows; at the end of the punch the arm is almost straight but elbow is still a little bent?

: Don,

: My knuckles are not in line with the blades, they are set well back. Also
: Maligiaq and Kalerarq Bech both teach a very long stroke -- the paddle
: exists past the hip. This is consistant with what I observed during the
: championship. I don't recommend holding the elbows against the side. This
: will kill the push-pull component to the stroke. I keep my arms fairly
: close to my side but they are free to move.

: I have the paddle that Maligiaq used to win the Greenland Championship in
: 1998, he kindly gave it to me after it got destroyed in a freak escalator
: accident in the airport (It was in a PVC tube and he made the mistake of
: setting the tube vertical and it got wedged between the ceiling and the
: steel escalator steps and bent, snapping the paddle in two. The noise was
: so loud that one security officer brandished his gun thinking it was small
: arms fire. But I digress...) At a point three inches from the tip, the
: blade is 17/32" wide and the edges are only 5/32" wide. Some of
: the paddles at the Greenland training camp had very sharp edges. Some of
: the paddles from other regions had blunt rounded edges. As an experiment,
: my next paddle will have as sharp an edge as is comfortable to hold.

: My paddles are oiled with linseed oil. I want a good purchase on the blade
: with my hands so I avoid wax. Before you modify your paddle, try
: experimenting with technique and you might find that the paddle drippage
: problem disappears.

: Best of luck and have fun!

: Greg Stamer

Messages In This Thread

Author, Author
Pipeguy -- Wednesday, 20 December 2000, at 12:01 a.m.

Re: Author, Author
Greg Stamer -- Wednesday, 20 December 2000, at 4:02 p.m.

Re: Congrat's to the Author *Pic*
Mike Hanks -- Tuesday, 26 December 2000, at 7:38 p.m.

Re: Congrat's to the Author
Greg Stamer -- Tuesday, 26 December 2000, at 9:37 p.m.

Re: Forward tilt?
Don Beale -- Wednesday, 3 January 2001, at 4:29 p.m.

Re: Forward tilt?
Greg Stamer -- Wednesday, 3 January 2001, at 6:01 p.m.

Re: If Ive got this straight
Don Beale -- Wednesday, 3 January 2001, at 10:37 p.m.

Re: If Ive got this straight
Greg Stamer -- Wednesday, 3 January 2001, at 11:12 p.m.

Re: Too late!
Don Beale -- Thursday, 4 January 2001, at 1:31 a.m.

Re: Too late!
Greg Stamer -- Thursday, 4 January 2001, at 9:34 a.m.

Re: If Ive got this straight
risto -- Thursday, 4 January 2001, at 9:33 a.m.

Re: If Ive got this straight
Greg Stamer -- Thursday, 4 January 2001, at 10:24 a.m.

Re: If Ive got this straight
risto -- Thursday, 4 January 2001, at 10:51 a.m.

Re: If Ive got this straight
Nick Schade -- Friday, 5 January 2001, at 1:08 p.m.

Re: If Ive got this straight
M.Hamilton -- Friday, 5 January 2001, at 6:33 p.m.

euro and greenland
risto -- Monday, 8 January 2001, at 12:27 p.m.

Re: euro and greenland
Nick Schade -- Tuesday, 9 January 2001, at 11:21 a.m.

paddle
risto -- Tuesday, 9 January 2001, at 11:48 a.m.

Re: Really short paddles
Nick Schade -- Wednesday, 10 January 2001, at 9:34 a.m.

Re: Really short paddles
risto -- Wednesday, 10 January 2001, at 12:05 p.m.

Re: Really short paddles
Nick Schade -- Thursday, 11 January 2001, at 9:12 a.m.

Re: Really short paddles
risto -- Thursday, 11 January 2001, at 10:26 a.m.

Re: If Ive got this straight
Nick Schade -- Thursday, 4 January 2001, at 10:24 a.m.

Re: If Ive got this straight
Greg Stamer -- Thursday, 4 January 2001, at 11:13 a.m.

Re: Forward tilt? *Pic*
Mike Hanks -- Wednesday, 3 January 2001, at 10:43 p.m.

Re: Forward tilt? *Pic*
Greg Stamer -- Wednesday, 3 January 2001, at 11:59 p.m.

Re: Forward tilt?
Will -- Friday, 5 January 2001, at 9:58 p.m.

Re: Forward tilt?
FBC -- Friday, 5 January 2001, at 7:35 p.m.

Re: Forward tilt?
Bert -- Saturday, 6 January 2001, at 7:57 a.m.

Re: Author, Author
FBC -- Thursday, 21 December 2000, at 7:02 p.m.

Re: Author, Author
Greg Stamer -- Friday, 22 December 2000, at 11:11 p.m.

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