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 ====== Paddling Cross Beam Videos ======
-[[:categorized_videos#specialtydifferent_video|Specialized Video Collections]]
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-**Reivers Dustin**: "…On those side-beam things you have to be able to wobble and bend but still have enough pull to keep boat speed. Can't be bracing, you gotta adjust on the fly with your power strokes. Once you stall, then its just so hard to get boat speed again…"
+Paddling sidewise to wind waves, swell, or both. With a long section of cross beam waves you can choose to work/surf diagonally, possibly going more aligned to catch waves then cutting diagonally once you are on waves, and/or you can zigzag doing runs with the waves then going sideways or even upwind slightly for a distance before aligning with the waves again. In open ocean paddling it is not unusual to be able to work with smaller wind waves going more your way than the dominant swell.
-Some tide races [[:tidalrace:tidal_races#videos|(see tide race videos)]], if you have the skills and prep to paddle in them safely can also provide plenty of side wave action…
+[[:surfski_downwind_videos#technique_and_particular_aspectskinds_of_paddling|Specialized Technique Video Collections]]
+**Reivers Dustin**: "…On those side-beam things you have to be able to wobble and bend but still have enough pull to keep boat speed. Can't be bracing, you gotta adjust on the fly with your power strokes. Once you stall, then its just so hard to get boat speed again…" (//Editor Note: Reivers is talking primarily about keeping your speed up when you are actually going downwind, not the parts where you are going up wind at the start of runs, or sections where you are going purely cross beam where you are getting no push from the wind or waves, although maintaining some momentum is usually better in most situations//)
+Some tide races [[:tidalrace:tidal_races#videos|(see tide race videos)]], if you have the skills and prep to paddle in them safely can also provide plenty of side wave action to play and practice in…
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-**Lake Lucerne**
+[[:switzerland#lake_lucerne|Lake Lucerne, Switzerland]]
+**Not only beam wind, but going upwind/upwave also**
  {{youtube>Wl1koM_L9TM?large}}
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-**Sydney Harbour**
+[[locales:sweden:sweden_downwinders#southwest|Skälderviken, Sweden ]]**- Leif Davidsson: “very technical paddling and most of the time crossing waves”**
- {{youtube>hYMsdiyg9Ag?large&start=39}}
+ {{youtube>E_gngtpim1Y?large&start=170}}
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-**Skälderviken - Leif Davidsson: “very technical paddling and most of the time crossing waves”**
+[[:new_south_wales#coffs_harbour|Sawtell - Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia]]
- {{youtube>E_gngtpim1Y?large&start=170}}
+{{youtube>hl8GjnXE_VU?large&start=310}}
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-**Sawtell - Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia**
+[[:germany#baltic_sea_ostsee|Ostsee, Germany]]
- {{youtube>hl8GjnXE_VU?large&start=310}}
+**Ostseecup, low braces on left, high braces on right - experienced whitewater paddler**
+ {{youtube>UP5LtUBZKnI?large&start=240}}
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-**Ostseecup Germany**
+[[:western_cape#cape_town_area|Western Cape, South Africa]]** Jasper Mocke Working Cross Swell**
- {{youtube>UP5LtUBZKnI?large&start=240}}
+ {{youtube>uAQYkueOY7I?large&start=98}}
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-**Tenerife, Canary Islands (common scenario - cross beam at the start and/or end, going with the waves during downwind)**
+[[:norway#downwind|Risor, Norway]]
- {{youtube>xVKUmgsN200?large&start=22}}
+**Nordic Surfski Champs 2021**
+ {{youtube>ZSUHZr6tilU?large&start=120}}
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-**Börgerende, Baltic Sea**
+[[:germany#baltic_sea_ostsee|Börgerende, Baltic Sea, Germany]]
- {{youtube>EObhwdjd0Zk?large&start=76}}
+{{youtube>EObhwdjd0Zk?large&start=84}}
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-**Nordic Surfski Champs 2021 (not entirely cross beam, but having to work some strong diagonals?)**
+[[:new_south_wales#sydney|Botany Bay, Sydney, NSW, Australia]]
- {{youtube>ZSUHZr6tilU?large&start=120}}
+**Another Option - Leg Out Just When Wave Breaks**
+ {{youtube>mFNhHHbgUrQ?large&start=53}}
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+<WRAP col2>
+[[:western_cape#false_bay_reverse_runs_north_to_south_millers_buffels|Reverse Miller's Run]]
+**Rob Mousley working diagonals and zig-zags to go right across waves headed left**
+ {{youtube>sVcLfNacryo?small}}
+[[:maui#south_shore|Maui South Shore ]]
+**Lawrence Risley working left across waves parallel to shore to get to landing**
+ {{youtube>dD6XhWIxoXg?start=202&small}}
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+</WRAP>
+===== Going Sideways Before Turning and Going Downwind =====
+<WRAP indent>
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+A common scenario, particularly at the beginning of runs when paddling out before lining up with your downwinder.
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+[[:canary_islands#tenerife|Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain]]
+{{youtube>xVKUmgsN200?large&start=22}}
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+[[:new_south_wales#sydney|Sydney Harbour, NSW, Australia]]
+**Long traverse across beam wind and waves before getting to turn and go with the waves**
+ {{youtube>hYMsdiyg9Ag?large&start=83}}
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+[[:bellingham_bay_downwinders|Bellingham Bay, Washington State, USA]]
+{{youtube>cs36f9Dl_jQ?large&start=28}}
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