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[u8mypaygoo]

Hey people still exhausted from the SF DB race the past weekend.lol
anyways. I've been paddling for 3 full years now, and I NEVER found out why theres that brown plastic like part on the bottom of grey owl wooden paddles
http://www.members.aol.com/Canada616/5_paddle.jpg


anyone know?!

[Colossus]

probably to maintain a "clean" tip to the blade? an additional bit of protection to the tip, as well.  *shrug*  just speculating.

[Garbage Miles]

Right from the Grey Owl web site:

http://www.greyowlpaddles.com/pages/features.html

The blades are protected with hardwood edges and a urethane plastic tip that can be sharpened to a knife-edge for a clean and quiet entry. While the oiled maple T-grip provides a comfortable, blister-free grip, the paddle is coated with a polyurethane varnish to ensure a beautiful and long-lasting protective finish. Only the finest woods, glues and other materials are used to deliver a superior product to you.

[Colossus]

There, i was partially right.

although, i don't know about that "blister-free grip"...  I had plenty of blisters after 2years of paddling with a wooden paddle.

[wanker]

<Doggie ears raise from head> You can sharpen the brown stuff at the end of the blade?   

Hmm, I wonder how much difference that would make.  Of course it wouldn't last long for the shared "public" paddles at various festivals after the unwashed masses grind the bottoms on the asphalt, while leaning on the paddle.  Also doesn't protect the paddle from asshats who hit rocks with the paddles.

[u8mypaygoo]

oo thanx guys!!!!! im with Colossus about the blister free thing. i get plenty of blisters. the only way for me to no get blisters on my top hand is if i wear a glove on my top hand and not my bottom hand(kind weird cuz i dont see anyone else do that but me =D)..but it works!!

oh yea..i wonder if anyone has put into consideration that if you wear a bottom hand glove, and it gets soaked with water, its a little heavier to recovery and MIGHT mess you up/get you a little more tired? iono just a minor thought (kinda why i dont use a bottom hand glove)

[rightarm]

There, i was partially right.

although, i don't know about that "blister-free grip"...  I had plenty of blisters after 2years of paddling with a wooden paddle.

lol maybe it means the varnish where you grip the paddle won't "blister"

 

[Colossus]

oh yea..i wonder if anyone has put into consideration that if you wear a bottom hand glove, and it gets soaked with water, its a little heavier to recovery and MIGHT mess you up/get you a little more tired? iono just a minor thought (kinda why i dont use a bottom hand glove)

if you manage to find any photos from Australia, i think i'm the ONLY one who wore a glove on my bottom hand.  i only wear it on my right hand for the extra bit of diameter it gives, plus the extra bit of cushioning (joints in my fingers can be a little sensitive after recklessly abusing them in Judo for so many years).  i also wear it (again, only on my right hand) when paddling outrigger, but don't wear it when in a k1.   
as for the "extra weight" while recovering, if a wet glove is holding you back from recovering properly, i suggest you hit the gym a little bit.  all the bottom hand is doing is pushing the lower part of the paddle forward and setting it up for the catch.

[u8mypaygoo]

well im just syaing because you want as little wait as possible so you can get it ALL out dirving the paddle in, rotating, breathing etc.  theres a team..we do anything. shirtless, sandal less to get the boat as light as possible =D

[Colossus]

*shrug*  i'm the 2nd lightest (or 3rd?) guy on the men's team and even if i wasn't, 100g (comparing to 100g of deli meat; they feel about the same) isn't going to slow the boat down, especially when the only time that weight is affecting the boat, is when its being swung forward (ie. momentum carrying the boat forward). 
someone, somewhere once said that 100lbs "extra" in a boat can notch an extra 0.5 seconds onto a 500m time.  how that formula was calculated, i have no clue, but either way, a wet glove or two or three or four or five isn't going to make any difference for 99.9% of the teams out there in the world.