Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 12:21:03 -0700 (PDT)
Message-Id: <199807281921.MAA11324@ns.intelenet.net>
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
From: redcanoe@pangea.ca (Douglas Ingram)
Subject: Re: [baidarka] Paddle Prefs & Noise
I've read
>> descriptions of this re Nat. American Indian practice where the blade is
>> not even removed from the water but turned sideways and pulled back
>> forward. I've also seen it done. I'm not very adept at it tho I've tried a
>> few times. This would be a single-paddle technique.
>
>A marvelous way of paddling. I like to use a thin bladed paddle for this,
>a friend has a cherry paddle that slices wonderfully. The blade should
>also be symmetric on both sides (front and back). If it isn't
>symmetric it won't slice through the water as nicely on the underwater
>recovery, thicker edges also don't slide quite as nicely.
>
>If you can find information on Freestyle canoeing there are lots of strokes
>for not going anywhere in particular but having good doing it.
If anyone wants to know about Freestyle paddling, talk to me. I can send
you it the right directions.
I just finished setting up and running the first Manitoba Freestyle
Synposium. I had Mark Molina come in from Florida to be the instructor. We
had 12 participants, 3 from Montana, 1 from Illinois, 1 from Ontario, and
the rest were local, including me.
Already adept at "style" paddling, sometimes called classic solo, I
understood what we were doing quite well, all that remained was practice,
practice, practice. If you want to talk to anybody about efficient
paddling, talk to Mark. If you want to see some amazing paddling, see Mark.
I know its not kayaking, but excellent paddling is excellent paddling!
(by the way, Mark gave my newest solo canoe design excellent reviews, kind
of makes things worthwhile...)
Douglas Ingram
Red River Canoe & Paddle
P.O. Box 78, GRP 4, RR 2
Lorette, Manitoba
Canada
ROA OYO
(204)878-2524
URL: www.wilds.mb.ca/redriver
e-mail: redcanoe@pangea.ca