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Re: S&G: Seats , creature comfort or ???
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 3/12/2011, 2:53 pm
In Response To: Re: S&G: Seats , creature comfort or ??? (Thomas Duncan)

: This is another place I think the GP comes into it's own, that is,
: in the latitude of technique that remains effective. I admit to
: having only paddled with "good" modern blades a
: fraction of the time, but it seems to me they like more
: consistent technique -- placement of the blade, the draw, the
: exit, all that. I feel more robotic using one. When I slump over
: my paddle with the GP, I often feel as though I am turning a
: two-handled crank shaft -- the motion of my shoulder and arm
: becomes more circular, more weighted downward over the loom.
: When I'm fresher and sitting taller, the stroke becomes more of
: a diagonal slicing of the water, longer and fuller. Maybe
: analogous things are felt by those accustomed to a wider shorter
: blade, I don't know?

The only time anymore that I use a "euro" paddle is for rivers and don't often do that anymore except in the canoe. I've got a cheapo Aquabound really long paddle (for me) for the canoe, think it's a 230 (I like short euro paddles). 99% of the time on flat water I'm using the GP and agree, it's more foregiving.

Bill H.

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S&G: Seats , creature comfort or ???
John Lasky -- 3/11/2011, 8:35 am
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Jay Babina -- 3/11/2011, 8:50 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/11/2011, 9:27 am
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Joy -- 3/11/2011, 12:39 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/11/2011, 12:57 pm
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Thomas Duncan -- 3/11/2011, 11:01 pm
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george jung -- 3/11/2011, 11:28 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/12/2011, 8:28 am
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george jung -- 3/12/2011, 11:57 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/12/2011, 2:48 pm
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Les Cheeseman -- 3/14/2011, 11:49 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/15/2011, 1:18 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/12/2011, 8:24 am
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Thomas Duncan -- 3/12/2011, 12:06 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/12/2011, 2:53 pm
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Sean Dawe -- 3/11/2011, 1:08 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/11/2011, 1:27 pm
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Kudzu / Jeff Horton -- 3/11/2011, 1:45 pm
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John Lasky -- 3/11/2011, 2:41 pm
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george jung -- 3/11/2011, 3:21 pm
Re: S&G: Seats , creature comfort or ??? *PIC*
ancient kayaker -- 3/11/2011, 3:48 pm
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JohnK -- 3/11/2011, 5:31 pm
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Thomas Duncan -- 3/11/2011, 11:37 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/12/2011, 8:40 am
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Mike Savage -- 3/12/2011, 2:02 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/12/2011, 2:55 pm
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Don T -- 3/12/2011, 4:56 pm
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Mike Savage -- 3/12/2011, 6:25 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/12/2011, 8:43 am
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Etienne Muller - ireland -- 3/12/2011, 2:37 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/12/2011, 2:56 pm
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Etienne Muller - ireland -- 3/12/2011, 3:39 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/13/2011, 12:40 am
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Etienne Muller - ireland -- 3/13/2011, 6:06 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/14/2011, 12:17 am
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Mike Bielski -- 3/13/2011, 8:36 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/14/2011, 12:18 am
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george jung -- 3/13/2011, 6:41 pm
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Farback -- 3/13/2011, 10:12 am
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ancient kayaker -- 3/13/2011, 2:28 pm
Good thread
John Lasky -- 3/14/2011, 8:53 am