Message-Id: <3442705D.2BAC@boi.hp.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 13:02:53 -0600
From: Bill Blohm <bblohm@boi.hp.com>
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
Subject: Re: Inuit Storm Paddle
Julio MacWilliams wrote:
>
> > imagine how it would come into play when cruising. Could someone
> > please explain the sliding technique so I can visualize it?
> >
> > Bill B.
> >
> Say that you are going to do a stroke on the left side. Then you hold
> the paddle at its middle point with your left hand and slide the
> right hand up the right paddle.
<SNIP>
Ahhhhhhhh, thanks. I guess I did have the right idea.
Interesting thing is, without actually going out and
verifying it, I think I do submerge the entire blade
when I'm cruising, anyway, without sliding. How hard
I push depends on how much power I want out of the
forward stroke and how much effort I want to put into
the cruising rhythm at the moment. Hmmmmm. Seems it
also varies depending on what I'm singing, too. Ohhhhh,
variables!!!!!! :-)
Thanks for explaining it.
Bill B.