03-18-2012, 07:01 AM
It takes practice with fins and you develop skill and strength as you go. It is not impossible to do with boot waders, but it will be more exhausting. FG nailed it perfectly when she said like pedalling a bike backwards.
You can get the basic idea by dropping your 2 feet down vertical, then pulling both together up toward the surface in front of you, while keeping your knees as straight as possible. This will produce a single shoving power stroke that will move the tube away from where your feet come up. Drop down your feet/fins slowly to reload for another power kick. Sometimes a series of these unified kicks is useful if you have to move quickly. Normally you just do this with one foot at a time to get your backward pedalling motion. Turning is done by applying more power with one leg or various tilts of the foot as you get a feel for it. That's what I do anyway....
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You can get the basic idea by dropping your 2 feet down vertical, then pulling both together up toward the surface in front of you, while keeping your knees as straight as possible. This will produce a single shoving power stroke that will move the tube away from where your feet come up. Drop down your feet/fins slowly to reload for another power kick. Sometimes a series of these unified kicks is useful if you have to move quickly. Normally you just do this with one foot at a time to get your backward pedalling motion. Turning is done by applying more power with one leg or various tilts of the foot as you get a feel for it. That's what I do anyway....
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