DUBCAST #62: How to Paddle Really Really Really Fast Part 2

[@yru435]

Hello Andrew: I just wanted to thank you for all of the content that you have been involved with. Your work has made my kayaking world so much richer and more interesting. Thanks!

[@AndrewElizaga]

@@yru435 You are very welcome!

[@qaannat]

This is a great story, thanks for sharing it. I can't imagine paddling that far in one day.

[@qaannat]

I only reach 11 or 12 knots on waves for just a few seconds at a time tho. That must have been an epic downwind run to have made 34 miles in 3 hours.

[@AndrewElizaga]

@@qaannat You're welcome, and thanks for your comments!

[@LetsGoPaddling]

Can this stroke be somehow recorded and presented? This is all very interesting. I'm only learning to use a Greenland Paddle and I use (you'll probably laugh here) an inflatable kayak with it. I can still get up to speeds of 8km/h with it, which is mindblowing! Canted blade is my current technique (still requires a lot of polishing) but seeing, learning, and knowing other ways is always interesting. Thank you for the story. Greetings from the UK, Tom

[@AndrewElizaga]

Hi Tom, As far as I know, no one knows how to successfully perform this stroke. The best demonstration we have so far of what the stroke looks like can be found in this video of seal hunter Efraim Adolfsen: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mF7HoXuoebtknZo