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Off Topic: Paddling
By:Nick Riccardi
Date: 5/20/2012, 11:24 am

Hi All, Need some correct advise on paddling a kayak,my friend claims on the left stroke you press with your left foot on the left pedal and on the right stroke press the right foot which accelerates the kayak, my view is opposite on the left stroke press with the right foot on the right pedal and on the right stroke press with the left foot, my thoughts are that you use your
whole body powering the stroke not just your arms as his suggests. Thanks for settling a dumb question but I want to paddle correctly. Nick R.

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Off Topic: Paddling
Nick Riccardi -- 5/20/2012, 11:24 am
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daan daniels -- 5/20/2012, 2:26 pm
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daan daniels -- 5/20/2012, 2:29 pm
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Don Goss -- 5/20/2012, 2:47 pm
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John Messinger -- 5/21/2012, 12:23 pm
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Kenneth Sutherland -- 5/21/2012, 10:55 pm
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John D. -- 5/20/2012, 3:36 pm
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Randy Knauff -- 5/27/2012, 6:31 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/28/2012, 2:08 am