Written by: Supadvisorblog.com

While watching the live stream of the BOP race in Dana Point, I realised of some peculiarities of Danny Ching’s paddle technique.

Later I watched again some footage, extracted some images and analysed his technique:

1. Look how far he gets the reach. Very far away. For the moment, he follows everything we read, listened, and watched so far …

2. The he applies all the power, with both arms fully extended, using his powerful core … still following the rules, but look again as his bent knees:

3. Now have a look at how he applies the power … how he bends heavily at his waist … this isn’t precisely the “theoretical best practice” … almost 50% of the power applied at his precise moment tends to sink the board …

4. And lastly, have a look at how long he applies the power … his paddle blade exists the water way further back than his heels … again not what we have been taught.

And he won … and seemd easy.

So, do we, mortal paddlers have to apply Danny Ching’s technique?. or we should follow the common rules?. We think that anyone has to apply the paddle technique that better suits our ability, power and endurance, and watching Danny Ching’s technique, reminds me about how superpowered cars should be driven: very differently than lower-powered ones … I mean, for sure Danny Ching’s is not the most efficient technique mechanically-wise, but we understand the he has so much power and endurance, that his technique has naturally evolved this way.

What do you think?

By the way, we timed his cadence and found between 44 and 51 strokes per minute … taking into account his long stroke … this is a huge amount of power applied to Dana Point waters.

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