: Greg Stamer's wing paddle racing form leaves a lot to be desired.
: For the real thing check out this:
: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zK-tcjpEbE&feature=related or
: this
: http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=Ftv8-w7xnrM

Hi Dave,

I have never used a wing paddle in the past, and now cannot use one as the mechanics of the wing stroke stresses the surgically repaired joint capsule in my rt. shoulder. I would of course be foolish to argue with a wing user on the validity of wing techniques as Greg presented them, when I've never even used a wing paddle.

To my admittedly inexperienced eyes, Katasa in her kayak was paddling in a style similar to what Greg was suggesting, with the slight difference in degree of knee overlap (less). I think Greg was slightly exaggerating to make his point. The guy on the erg was not overlapping knees in his stroke, but he was on an erg that doesn't rock like a kayak in the water. Greg and Maligiaq were using a home made conversion of a rowing erg into a paddling erg and that may have influenced their performance somewhat. There was much more to his presentation and there was only so much Peter could capture on his basic camera (I think he did a great job). I was in and out of the room as I was packing materials from a presentation I had made, so I only heard part of the presentation.

Maligiaq's paddling style, while quite successful for him, is different than how most "Greenland style" paddlers paddle. He uses more stomach crunch and less torso rotation.

Dave

Some time, like a ConnYak picnic, you will have to show me where Greg was wrong in his presentation.