My Evolved Trash Paddling Techniques

<body> <h1><img src='http://playak.com/images/paddle-news/headlines/th-1374222.jpg' align='left'><a href='http://www.trashpaddler.com/2012/05/my-evolved-trash-paddling-techniques.html'>My Evolved Trash Paddling Techniques</a></h1> <p>Recently, I received the following email from fellow trashpaddler, Dan: "Al, I've been enjoying your blog for several years.  I seem to remember a blog post about the tools you use to reach trash and how you hold it down once it's on deck.  I couldn't find it on your blog.&n...</p>  <script type="text/javascript"> _qoptions={ qacct:"p-caxN4R7Sm1pto" }; </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://edge.quantserve.com/quant.js"></script> <noscript> <img src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-caxN4R7Sm1pto.gif" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt="Quantcast"/> </noscript>  <script type="text/javascript"> __compete_code = 'f5ce360215a93b36d13349b6a65e881b'; (function () { var s = document.createElement('script'), d = document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0], t = 'https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://c.compete.com/bootstrap/' : 'http://c.compete.com/bootstrap/'; s.src = t + __compete_code + '/bootstrap.js'; s.type = 'text/javascript'; s.async = 'async'; if (d) { d.appendChild(s); } }()); </script> <script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); </script> <script type="text/javascript"> try{ var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-482486-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}</script> <script src="/js/gaAddons.js" type="text/javascript"></script> </body>