Photo of the day

[Pseudonym]

Relative to seating position, I borrowed and then bought two of Glenn's Wenonah 10° Black Lite Elbow Carbon paddles, one a 50" and the other a 52". My only bent shaft to date was a 54", which is better suited to my high seated Trippers. After an initial paddle, I think the 50" seems like the right fit for the Huki. I'm 5'9".

 

[Glenn MacGrady]

Relative to seating position, I borrowed and then bought two of Glenn's Wenonah 10° Black Lite Elbow Carbon paddles, one a 50" and the other a 52". My only bent shaft to date was a 54", which is better suited to my high seated Trippers. After an initial paddle, I think the 50" seems like the right fit for the Huki. I'm 5'9".

Even though it was literally hard to see him in the veritable monsoon he was test paddling in, Steve demonstrated what I call good "stomach crunch" power technique with the shorter bent shaft. That is, where the forward stroke power is imparted not so much with an upper arm push, or a lower arm pull, or an exaggerated rotation of the torso, but mostly by bearing your body weight in a downward angle onto the short paddle and assisted by a moderate torso rotation.

Here's a photo of Steve and his various body parts: ama in hand, one iako clipped into the hull, the other iako along with his ankle leash and two Wenonah carbon paddles on the ground, and the iako screw knobs on the sliding foam seat. You'll note the nice black color match between many of these parts and his pants, PFD and (I'm nostalgic) beard.