{"id":14091,"date":"2014-09-14T19:41:08","date_gmt":"2014-09-14T18:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk:\/press\/?p=14091"},"modified":"2014-09-14T19:41:08","modified_gmt":"2014-09-14T18:41:08","slug":"active-paddle-blade-how-to-kayak-paddle-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/active-paddle-blade-how-to-kayak-paddle-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Active Paddle Blade &#8211; How to Kayak &#8211; Paddle Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14092\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/active-paddle-blade-how-to-kayak-paddle-education\/screen-shot-2014-09-14-at-19-38-46\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-14-at-19.38.46.png\" data-orig-size=\"928,516\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2014-09-14 at 19.38.46\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-14-at-19.38.46.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk:\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-14-at-19.38.46.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-09-14 at 19.38.46\" width=\"928\" height=\"516\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-14-at-19.38.46.png 928w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-14-at-19.38.46-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-14-at-19.38.46-500x278.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 928px) 100vw, 928px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An active paddle blade is a great way to help you stay upright. By having a blade in the water at all times you can quickly use it to brace or to turn, there is no need to have your paddle just sitting above the water, small pushes and braces will allow you to react to anything that you might encounter. So practice an active paddle blade in the water both on the flat water and whitewater. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/106096469\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/106096469\">Active Paddle Blade &#8211; How to Kayak &#8211; Paddle Education<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/jezjez\">Jez Jez<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>paddleeducation.com<\/p>\n<p>Instruction by three time world cup champion Jez.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An active paddle blade is a great way to help you stay upright. 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