A little while ago there was a thread about Flat water speeds and someone mentioned the Jim Terrell won the 200m sprint at the Silver Blade Regatta in 1:02 (or there abouts). So I went and did some digging to try and find pictures or video of it and here are some great ones showing his technique.

www.quickbladepaddles.com/gallery/silver_blade_regatta_2011/

Obviously with Jim's background he knows a thing or two and after watching a C1 paddler the other morning at training it looks like they have it dialed for short periods, don't know how you would go at sustaining it though.

Hey Cam,

Have a look at this url. I think it may have been me speaking to you about it the other day. This is the video. Scroll down about half way down the thread and you'll find Blueplanetsurf's post has the video embedded.

www.standupzone.com/forum/index.php?topic=11288.0

I tried his style and it is fast for short distance but heavily taxing for anything other than a short sprint.

DM

husq2100 said...

Funny this should come up as a mate and I where stuffing around with the one knee down position on our 12.6's last week

where you checking your legropes

laceys lane said...

husq2100 said...

Funny this should come up as a mate and I where stuffing around with the one knee down position on our 12.6's last week

where you checking your legropes

No mate.......just adjusting fins

He's not on one knee, he's standing with pretty much both feet pointing forwards and apart.

I have never paddled C1 but it is an Olympic sport and huge in Europe. I'd imagine there is more to the paddle control to stay in a straight line when paddling on one side than you would think. Draw strokes, J strokes etc to stay straight... How do they do it Goatman??

I thought Jimi use to paddle a technique down on one knee? I can see they are not doing it there, but I thought it was a style from years past? Anyway, regarding the weight....body weight is body weight, it doesn't change just because you are down on one knee. You still sit the board in the water the same as if you were standing. It does open your hips up and allow you to drive more quick short power strokes. It is tricky going out the surf...but like I said we where stuffing around

Consider the volume of these boards and the water they displace. Yes he is in a different stance but he is still in the middle of the board. Not many boards/paddlers keep the board flat through the whole stroke, and most get some bounce going. A pic taken in one point of time is just that. Yes his board my not sit as others but his stroke makes up for it. Also remember he dominated this style for a long time and not many would better him. At the end if the day its not the board or the stroke technique but the person.....different things work for different people. Next time your out there try some different things and half some fun. My mate got a good laugh out of me doing the one knee thing when I tried to go through a breaking wave....