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Unless you're trying to be the next world champion, and learn Mcnastydoodleflips on waves, and hugebumblewacks in holes, the little shorts boats of today give up a hell of a lot. They do these new fun moves better than any, but the price is a total sacrifice of all other aspects of paddling - speed, grace, glide...
Anyway, here is a video of the Pintail in Action FYI
http://www.2imagine.net/blogger2005/pictures/video/Pintailhr.mov
The Thruster is a nice compromise between the Short poppy boats and the Pintail. It has more of the speed/grace/glide than most of todays short boats, but, not as much as the Pintail. On the Other hand, it's a step closer to the modern method of "competitive freestyle" paddling.
http://www.2imagine.net/blogger2006/pictures/video/thrusterlg.mov
and
http://www.2imagine.net/blogger2007/pictures/video/Thruster01.mp4
Corran
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