Anyone use all of these pry's on a regular basis?

Post by **sbroam** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 6:03 pm

cheajack wrote:I much prefer the forward stroke ended with a short quick pry to the J-stroke. I think I can develop more power and speed that way, but I'm no Class V paddler. The shorter the boat the more the pry at the end of the forward stroke helps to keep the bow from deflecting to my off side. So I probably use the pry nearly as much as the forward stroke since it is part of it.

I do that all the time from a standstill, then transition to a J stroke because it feels smoother to me - the correction of the pry is definitely more powerful. [Strongly correcting with a J can be awkward even for the very flexible.] Of course, mixing it up with crossforwards works, too - I'm glad there is more than one way to skin these cats...

Larry Horne · Post by **Larry Horne** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 6:37 pm

Hey Dan, is it really a "free" article if i have to give my email in order to see it..?

Guess I'm just old fashioned.

Shep · Post by **Shep** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 7:19 pm

When the RapidMediaTVGuy posts, I'm not surprised that his link is to a Rapid Media website, even one behind an e-mail wall. Since Rapid Media is an advertiser on CBoats, I think of it as a reasonable price to have this website available to me for free.

YMMV, Just my $0.02, etc...

Shep

philcanoe · Post by **philcanoe** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 7:19 pm

Larry, You need a - junk email account... ((You can get one for free.))

Only real friends and actual work, ever gets the real personal account. You go there every 3-4 weeks to empty junk mail filter, so you can keep forever. Works great for all those political petitions, help the wildlife groups, or other semi-desirable account ask4'ers.

Except for CBoats - Of course!

FullGnarlzOC · Post by **FullGnarlzOC** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 8:58 pm

I think the pry is a good discussion nonetheless...

My comments come strictly from a class III+ viewpoint...

and yah eddyhops - you can pry anywhere you feel like around the boat and call it whatever you want... but its generally a 'stern pry' or a righting pry... me? i just air brace and roll, much more instinctual.

As for prying in anything above class III+ ? - I just don't do it. its not worth the risk of jaming ur paddle, and its not near as effective as other strokes IN MY OPINION.

Larry Horne · Post by **Larry Horne** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 11:14 pm

philcanoe wrote:Larry, You need a - junk email account... (

Right... to go along with the fake facebook account.

. NO thanks. I'm actually trying to spend more time in the real world.

philcanoe · Post by **philcanoe** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 11:37 pm

Nice...

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002245375556

FullGnarlzOC · Post by **FullGnarlzOC** » Fri Jun 03, 2011 12:19 am

hahaha....activities: makin money. drinkin.

iRolled · Post by **iRolled** » Fri Jun 03, 2011 4:10 am

I pry alllll the time. Bow pry, stern pry, offside stern pry, and Draws of course. but the only time my paddle is in possition for an offside bow pry, or draw, is when I'm about to roll.

Lately I've been working on underwater paddle recoveries, by just slicing the paddle through the water without taking the blade out of the water and the pry is used very heavily. I can navigate though rapids without taking the blade out of the water, unless I need a cross bow.

My kun fu grows strong.

RapidMediaTVGuy · Post by **RapidMediaTVGuy** » Fri Jun 03, 2011 12:34 pm

iRolled do you ever use a sculling pry? I find on flatwater I use it a little bit but never even think about it in whitewater. It seems I immediately crossover and draw instead. Just feels more natural (or maybe easier) to me. I wonder what is more effective though? I'm all about always having a blade in the water as without it the river is in control so maybe I should be working that pry a bit more.

Dan Caldwell
Rapid Media TV Guy

Shep · Post by **Shep** » Fri Jun 03, 2011 1:48 pm

I sometimes use the sculling pry in eddies to line up with where I want to start accelerating.

Shep

marclamenace · Post by **marclamenace** » Fri Jun 03, 2011 2:35 pm

philcanoe wrote:Nice...

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002245375556

Wow Larry what a nice tan you got! NOW I beleive you california is usually sunnier than what I saw lately.

Larry Horne · Post by **Larry Horne** » Fri Jun 03, 2011 3:18 pm

Oh yeah Marc, I forgot to telll you . That wasn't really me you paddled with the other day. I was busy (makin money and drinkin) and had to send my associate. I figure you'd never know the diff., but now the cat's out of the bag

Craig Smerda · Post by **Craig Smerda** » Fri Jun 03, 2011 4:14 pm

I like to occasionally toss a shudder rudder into the mix when I'm surfing a big wave... does that count as a pry?

What does it mean when you really don't think about what you are doing out on the water or what the names of the actions you are doing are called but it all seems to somehow work? Cuz... I think I'm that guy...

philcanoe · Post by **philcanoe** » Fri Jun 03, 2011 5:22 pm

guess it means, the word's out - we always wondered,

if you knew what you were doing

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Anyone use all of these pry's on a regular basis?

Speaking of underwater recoveries