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The reason I like the foam core so much is that I like the bouyancy of the blades. They feel good in the foam pile and maybe I have some sort of psycological belief that it gives me a small advantage in rolling and bracing from the additional force balance applied by the flotation of the blade. I also very much like the extreme stiffness or rigidity of the paddle. Yes, rigid potentially means brittle, but I don't like flex in my paddle, I feel I am loosing transfer of energy to the water if the paddle flexes, and it feels like I am "dulling" the senses of the reaction forces coming back from the water to my hands. That said, it seems alot of people like flex in their paddles, i.e. the AT flexi shaft etc. What's the thought stream on flexible shafts? It seems that for hard core abuse like creeking, the Werner's and AT's break quite often. Many folks say the wood paddles are much tougher, but weigh a little more. Wood is also flexible. But, how is the bouancy of the blades? Say as compared to a foam core. Also, the big Werner's and AT's seem to have large blade areas, I like that because, again, I can transfer alot of power to the water. It seems that many of the wood designs have softer shaped smaller area blades like a tear-drop shape. I believe this is mainly to cut down on weight, but it seems you would have a less effective blade. What is the perfect creeking paddle? I know there is no perfect paddle, so what's the best available right now? Foam core? wood? other?
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