Paddle Legend Greg Barton Paddle Stroke Discussion and Mid Twist Paddle History

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This video was filmed outside the Pacific North Sports shop in Bellingham, Washington with a group of some of the best paddlers in the Pacific Northwest if not the world with a LOT of experience so the questions are excellent. Greg went through a lot of different topics but basically followed the outline below. There are some real jewels of paddle knowledge buried in this video so you may have to watch it a few times. The only questions outlined below are those asked by paddlers who were present, Greg answered a lot of questions during the session not asked by attendees...you just have to watch the whole video:) The Bellingham Train horn in parts of the audio is a bonus...not a good way to manage train horn unfortunately...sorry about that.

History of Mid-twist Paddle and its advantages and differences from other paddles
Questions about mid wing in order with video time stamp:
Does the mid twist vary the length of the paddle?
When you’re setting up your stroke what part of the blade do you align for the catch on the mid twist?
Doest the power come on early with more twist?
Can you explain the top part of the blade moving forward through the water?
What is the twist from those earlier models that makes this one different?
What is the total weight of the paddle?
Are you going to have some paddlers in Australia (the Doctors Race) with the new paddles?
Do the paddles come in two stiffnesses?
Are you going to come out with several models of the twist paddle?
Have you looked at putting a little spring in the shaft versus a stiff shaft?
Have the blades gotten more efficient since your time in the Olympics, how have they changed?
When do you apply power during the catch?

General Paddle Stroke Technique

Questions about general paddle technique with time video time stamp:
Does the Horizontal displacement depend on a person’s geometry?
Does the paddle pull forward?
What is the correct way to size paddle width?
On the Epic paddle where do you grip the paddle on the shaft?
Do you change your paddle length when going upwind or downwind?
Do you change your feather?
Is there an advantage to no feather?

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