<> ===== Who needs a paddle? ===== \\ **Paul Reavley** Feb 16 #33185 Here's better viewing format - he loses his paddle blade at 2:53 [[https://youtu.be/PZyBcll45aQ|https://youtu.be/PZyBcll45aQ]] **Reivers ****Dustin **Feb 17 #33188 hoooyaahh. I wanna see some stout young lad do this with a surfski. I mean, I can't even get my socks on without sitting down … how the heck can a guy bend down so far as this? Dang. I shoulda gotta OC. **Paul ****Reavley **Feb 17 #33189 C'mon dude, 14 mph just hand paddling? and a 20 sec run with no strokes starting at 5:02? – if the Lipp definition applies to no strokes only with a paddle then this guy must have set an all-time new Lipp record! What is the Lipp record, anyway? Boyan has recorded at least 2 Lipp (1 Phat Lipp (aka 1 Tiptoe) = 60 seconds) runs on video…. Does the Lipp unit apply to downwinding only? (that would get my vote) and surfing shore, reef, bar breaks should be a separate category… **Dan ****Mayhew **Feb 17 #33190 Seeing him paddle both sides of the canoe is the first time OC paddling made any sense to me! **Paul ****Reavley **Feb 17 #33191 And Zohan catching up with the jet ski was the first time the dolphin kick made sense to me **allipp@…**Feb 17 #33192 Once you're on a wave and going for a Lipp unit, the paddle is irrelevant, though it can be used as a sail. It's getting on the wave sans paddle that is the issue.