COACH By Lisa Lynn
Photo courtesy USSA
GET MORE PADDLE POWER Champion paddler, medical correspondent and author, Dr. Bob Arnot shares his advice on how to get more power, and fewer back-aches when you paddle.
Come summer, you can find Stowe skier Dr. Bob Arnot practicing his paddling at the Burlington Surf Club.
“M
ost people can probably gain about a mile per hour by improving their paddle stroke,” estimates Dr. Bob Arnot. He should know: during a race he pushes his board through the water at anywhere from four to six mph. Dr. Arnot has raced in some of the toughest SUP races in the world, including Molokai to Oahu, a 32-mile open ocean crossing with 20-foot waves and curious
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