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Re: Strip: Making a paddle
By:Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks
Date: 6/1/2016, 7:00 pm
In Response To: Strip: Making a paddle (Shawn Jones)

All paddles are capable of fluttering if you pull hard. Most people will quickly unconsciously adjust their stroke to eliminate the flutter.

A wing-style stroke where you flare out to the side as you pull back will eliminate flutter for most paddles. It is like the canted stroke on a greenland paddle, but slicing in the opposite direction.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Making a paddle
Shawn Jones -- 6/1/2016, 1:49 pm
Re: Strip: Making a paddle
John Messinger -- 6/1/2016, 3:12 pm
Re: Strip: Making a paddle
Shawn Jones -- 6/3/2016, 12:26 am
Re: Strip: Making a paddle
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 6/1/2016, 7:00 pm
Re: Strip: Making a paddle
Alex Ferguson -- 6/1/2016, 11:25 pm