: Not for everybody they ain't. It took me at least a full year of steady
: struggling to get it going on for real, and I'm pretty sure I'd have never
: stuck with it if it hadn't been for watching a friend using his with such
: obvious effectiveness the whole time. It also helped when I moved into a
: boat that responded well to the stick I was working with. But once it came
: alive for me, I began using it exclusively, and have never looked back.

: Well, I take that back; did too once, and recently. But I'm doing well
: erasing the trauma from my consciousness. Ooof!

: At any rate, I think everyone can agree that we're all different; while most
: take to it instantly, not everyone does. Most people have a tough time
: mastering the Eskimo roll, but I picked it up just as soon as someone
: showed me how (then struggled for 6 months to get it on my offside -
: sigh). Anyway, I just had to toss this in for all those poor lost souls
: who have tried the stick but don't like it. You gave up before it kicked
: in, is what I gotta say.

Me too, took me around a year (hard to remember time lines when your playing) to finally have the GP feel right. Since they I rarely use anything else, even normally use the GP on the race boats, looks silly but it's alot easier on the bod than the wing. (I'm not racing either, just exercise)

Bill H.