Quick Tip
Published September 11, 2009 | 
Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup,
They slither while they pass, they slip away across the universe
- lennon
No need to pontificate. Well other than to fill a bit of space and to satisfy the RSS feeds that ignore pictures. Did I say there was no need to pontificate? Oh, ok then. Sorry. Well, here’s the thing that there is no need to rabbit on about, but which can be addressed with 2 pictures. If you’re new to a Greenland paddle and you are trying to learn that whole sculling thing there is one common mistake you should avoid right off. It’s where you put your inside (my left, your right in the picture above.) hand. You should grip the paddle around the blade and not…
You Can Put Your Hands Down Now. . .
Published July 3, 2005 | Just a quick reminder. When sculling for support you want your blade to slide across the surface of the water so it’s important to keep your arms in against your body and LOW. If your outer arm (The one one away from the supporting blade) is too high, you will not get much support because your blade will be angled into the water and not parallel to the surface.
When first trying to scull it’s easy to get caught up in the tension and fear of “falling over”. So we tend to shorten our strokes which by necessity causes us to speed up our strokes, which in turn causes us to work too hard to stay up as well as increases our nervousness. It’s a vicious circle. What you want to do is move your blade slowly and deliberately in WIDE arcs. Then slowly put a bit of weight on the blade and increase your lean only as you feel comfortable to do so. Again, If you keep your arms low, keep the blade parallel to the surface, and you use slow wide strokes you should immediately notice you have much more support with much less work.
Good Luck Out There!
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