OC-1 Technique - How to PADDLE BIG ! - Going Back to the 1970s

How to PADDLE BIG ! - Going Back to the 1970s ❤🤣
Exploring The Rationale in our Coaching and the Paddle Tools - DeBunking the Myths & Misconceptions of Today ! -
Many Paddlers are TERRIFIED of " Too Much Catch !" - Cranking up the Stroke RATE with an "easy to use" blade is a False Economy .. LOWER Stroke Rate - Better & FULLER Catch - forcing you to use your WHOLE Body .. will give you better faster travel per stroke ..
❤Do not be Afraid of a little extra load plus a sprinkling of Patience❤ - DON"T COMPLICATE things with OVERLY technical JARGON !
⚡⚡Please share the SIMPLICITY and the Economy of Motion ⚡⚡-
P.S. - Yes, I do RACE ( not lately - nursing a fractured hip ) but MOSTLY I paddle to stay HEALTHY & Strong .. and it's really my GYM time .. but in Water ( Ocean ) - So I'm not afraid of HIGH TORQUE training ... 3 hours a week plus 2 - 40 min Strength Training a week is all the TIME I can afford - so I dont' care about DURATION - Just EFFECTIVENESS .. anything else .. a waste of time

[@colinsmith8897]

We still have those big paddles, we paddled with them up until last year. They came over to Middlesbrough from Lanikai with the Foti family in Wa'alele in 1977 🙂

[@HYPRFIT]

Most of such paddles are gone .. so lucky to have some preserved

[@HYPRFIT]

This needs to be SHARED to all the NEWBIES .. understand the truth !

[@jpsuperstar]

When did the bent shaft paddle start being used in outrigger paddling?

[@HYPRFIT]

Late 90s roughly - Straight SHAFTS forces you to PADDLE with Stricter technique .. you know like straight SKIS !😁😁😂

[@laketisi7382]

How/where can I get one of those big blades?

[@HYPRFIT]

Aloha @laketisi7382 - that's why no one uses the big heavy paddles anymore but our MODERN version kzbin.infoyyMEHD9bD4Y is a lot more effective at 15 oz vs 40oz