After the Storm

[GregAndrew]

Originally Posted by chuckt

wow.. that's a perfect text book lean-in the surf. thanks for sharing.
Just curious, How do you position your paddle when do lean and dig your paddle in. Is it perpendicular to surface to slow down the boat so you don't surf in front of the wave then flip?

It is parallel to the surface, and used as if you were placing it on a dock to lean over and look in the water. The wave is naturally going to tend to tip your sideways kayak towards the low side. And as it is breaking, it is going to tend to roll it over. The purpose of the lean is to counteract that by forcing the kayak to slide down the face sideways. Thanks for making me think about that, cause it brings up some other questions I will have to look into. Like: Does a lighter person and gear need to lean less cause they are easier to move sideways? Hmmmmm