On 16-Mar-2006, Brian Nystrom wrote:

No, YOU are starting a myth that one cannot paddle unfeathered without
flexing one's wrists.

I believe I have qualified my statements that this occurs with control hand use,
not otherwise. However, I find there are very few paddlers in this neck of the
woods that _don't_ use a control hand. The concept of control hand seems
to be ubiquitous and when I teach no-control-hand techniques, I get strange
stares from students that indicate that I am being heretical. YMMV.

Mike