Here are some Japanese open canoeists entering and exiting an eddy on the Nagatoro River. Notice their hats and shirts as they paddle big Royalex canoes, all or most seemingly Old Towns, with very long metal-plastic paddles.
The way the second, third and fourth paddlers exit the eddy is interesting. They point upstream, spin downstream on the eddy line, and then kick their stern out into the main current and back paddle. I've never seen that technique before.
The fifth soloist does a nice backwards eddy turn.
The final boat is a some sort of mutant spawn of a Venetian gondola and freighter poling canoe.
The way the second, third and fourth paddlers exit the eddy is interesting. They point upstream, spin downstream on the eddy line, and then kick their stern out into the main current and back paddle. I've never seen that technique before.
The fifth soloist does a nice backwards eddy turn.
The final boat is a some sort of mutant spawn of a Venetian gondola and freighter poling canoe.