: Pretty exciting pictures but I can't help noticing a few things:
: 1/you guys are nuts, 2/you like catching Nick doing endos (it's
: got to be him), 3/there seems to be a few near misses, 4/a
: number of pictures show people with their arms extended above
: their heads. (I thought that was dangerous for the shoulders).
: It looked like quite a bit of fun though, and my definition of
: scary must be different from yours. Do you ever exhibit your
: pictures?

Arms above the head is to keep the paddle from bashing you in the teeth as you punch through a wave. Old whitewater move.