Junior wing paddles - which ones?

[Vulch]

OK, so really young kids are now using Guppy paddles (Knysa?) and the older ones are using Brasca 4s or similar - does anyone know of anything inbetween? Is there any need for an intermediate or do they move straight from Guppies to Brasca 4s?

Vulch

[mharrall]

Dunno mate. Having only just returned to the sport I don't really know the paddles that you are talking about. However, juniors used to sometimes use wing flight paddles, the same as the whitewater racers used. These had a smaller blade area than the other makes at the time but I don't know if they are even still available or how they compare to the models that you mentioned. Might be worth some further investigation though.

[Derek Marshall]

Check out this artical from the Worldclass web site

worldclasscanoeing.org.uk the artical is on racing-paddles

You will see that Braca have 2 junor sizes "Kids" & "Childern" - we has youngsters who are using both - make sure that the shaft is adjustable
and it is set with the total paddle length as long as can be handled to allow for extending them later.