Yes of course.
Racers will do what Jim Terrell was doing on his 11" wide board. You will use you paddle to balance, and if you come to a stop you will have to sit down or you'll fall in. Both feet will be along the midline of the board and directly behind each other. So, as long as the board is the width of your foot (when at an angle) it will be wide enough. People will bend their knee(s) more than currently, to get low to aid balance. It's the same as Olympic sprint canoe, basically.
The hope to keep things similar to how they are now might lie in the formats of races. For instance the kind of stance mentioned above may not work for the M2O in a big blow.
Select to expand quoteArea10 said..
Yes of course.
Racers will do what Jim Terrell was doing on his 11" wide board. You will use you paddle to balance, and if you come to a stop you will have to sit down or you'll fall in. Both feet will be along the midline of the board and directly behind each other. So, as long as the board is the width of your foot (when at an angle) it will be wide enough. People will bend their knee(s) more than currently, to get low to aid balance. It's the same as Olympic sprint canoe, basically.
The hope to keep things similar to how they are now might lie in the formats of races. For instance the kind of stance mentioned above may not work for the M2O in a big blow.
Thanks, that's really Interesting. I will say that my 23" RS is so stable I feel like by next year a 21.5 would be doable I keep pushing the width with the idea it will improve my balancing muscles so going back to slightly wider boards for downwind will be easier. It also makes paddling in the winter here more interesting - when you have to balance in eddy's and chop. Cheers
