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Using Your Paddle
A technique note on treating the paddle as an active tool for stability, leverage, and line control instead of just propulsion.
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Use Your Hips
A movement note on connecting power through the body instead of isolating it in the arms and shoulders.
The movement note behind the title
The title worked because it corrected a common mistake in plain language. Better paddling and surfing often come from better connection through the hips and trunk, not from asking the shoulders to do everything.
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More surf, more context, and a few good places to stay on the same idea.
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Three Common Mistakes
A technique note on the small errors that quietly drain power and rhythm from the stroke.