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| Downwinding in a double is **one way to get experience on bigger runs** if you can **team with a more experienced paddler**. It is not uncommon for surfski instructors to introduce inexperienced paddlers to their first significant downwinding in a double surfski. Learning about bigger water in this manner can **have some challenges**, though. In sitting in the back of a surfski with the more experienced paddler steering in the front, one may get enough water in their seat to **feel like they will imminently float off and out of the surfski**. (Some doubles allow steering from either seat) The backseat paddler often gets a fairly steady shower of water in their face from the front seat paddle strokes. And even though the more experienced paddler may have the situation well in hand, **it can feel to the less experienced paddler like their surfski is sometimes perilously off balance** (though strong paddlers typically make double skis much more stable than inexperienced paddlers can make them on their own). //On the other hand, if your experience of your first big downwinder seems completely trouble free because you have an expert paddler in your double with you, don't be fooled into thinking it should immediately be as simple and problem free for you in a single surfski//. **B****ottom line - with a competent, experienced paddler in charge, a less experienced paddler can experience what an absolute blast downwinding can be in conditions that they are not yet capable of paddling solo**. | Downwinding in a double is **one way to get experience on bigger runs** if you can **team with a more experienced paddler**. It is not uncommon for surfski instructors to introduce inexperienced paddlers to their first significant downwinding in a double surfski. Learning about bigger water in this manner can **have some challenges**, though. In sitting in the back of a surfski with the more experienced paddler steering in the front, one may get enough water in their seat to **feel like they will imminently float off and out of the surfski**. (Some doubles allow steering from either seat) The backseat paddler often gets a fairly steady shower of water in their face from the front seat paddle strokes. And even though the more experienced paddler may have the situation well in hand, **it can feel to the less experienced paddler like their surfski is sometimes perilously off balance** (though strong paddlers typically make double skis much more stable than inexperienced paddlers can make them on their own). //On the other hand, if your experience of your first big downwinder seems completely trouble free because you have an expert paddler in your double with you, don't be fooled into thinking it should immediately be as simple and problem free for you in a single surfski//. **B****ottom line - with a competent, experienced paddler in charge, a less experienced paddler can experience what an absolute blast downwinding can be in conditions that they are not yet capable of paddling solo**. | ||
| + | * [[:surfski_tables#double_surfskis|Double Surfski Table]] (measurements & reviews) | ||
| * **Advice** | * **Advice** | ||
| * [[https://tcsurfski.com/2018/09/14/the-best-things-in-life-are-those-we-can-share/|TCSurfski Tandem Paddling Experiences & Advice 9/2018]] | * [[https://tcsurfski.com/2018/09/14/the-best-things-in-life-are-those-we-can-share/|TCSurfski Tandem Paddling Experiences & Advice 9/2018]] | ||
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