On 12-May-2005, k.pearson wrote:

I've always been one to follow the lead of the top competive athletes
when it comes to new equipment.

Given that competitive athletes can be driven by things like superstition
and imitation rather than intelligence or science, following them is
something that has to be done with care.

If bent shaft was really beneficial
in sea kayaks, I think we'd be seeing them in racing use.

Racing and sea kayaking are two different sports. I don't know that
a feature that's good for one is necessarily good for the other.

Mike