Her knees are higher than I can remember seeing, but I haven’t seen much. Sort of matches her high angle paddling.
Wow! That Dame Lisa (Is that a royal bestowment upon Ms. Carrington per Kiwi government, or does that trace itself all the way back to the English royal palace? Or is Sinatra-speak at play here?) really rips the water! Like a Cheetah! Lithe, nimble, exquisite cornering and balance, all while possessing a body fat content less than 10%! A paddler with superb training and dieting regimen.
Still, off those closed circuit race courses, say out there in the offshore chop, and in the break to shore, I’m not sure I’d want to flail that surface with such fervor, lest the wounded seal visual and hydrosonic profile induce some apex predator to “converge” on my course. Suddenly Epic’s artistry in composites fabric and epoxy seems quite fragile, and this tenuous butt wriggler of the imbalance- beam bateau feels no edge to stymie the edginess.
But then, I’m but a simple canoodler, sometimes pushy rapidly cross lake in my Voyager with a hit’n switch of unpolished frothiness, but more often just trying to place a clean entry. With my 30% body fat (at least towards the con tower, so I’m told), stodgy platform, and hull silhouette (Toni. You can dig, right?), my enticements towards the predator kind are more likely to draw an overly ambitious, near-sighted eagle, down from 300 feet thinking it’s soared across a surface meandering wounded sturgeon. Let’s see where Tilley’s guarantee gets me with that one!
Man, I sure enjoy watchin’ you enjoy life upon the water, Sing. As always, thanks for sharing.
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Foam pad, dial in footplate, stay low on remounts. Ivan Lawler vids help a ton. If you ever have kayak in japan, you’d have loved it. This love might have compiled you to choose a japanese love name, did it?
Always get a kick out of the poetic flourish with which you convey your observations on PNet. 
Me… just trying to find/make a bit of poetry on frothy waters. 
-sing
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Thanks. You are +1 on Lawler. I’ve started to watch his coaching series. Good stuff but sometimes challenging because I can’t always hear/understand what he is saying (I have tiny bit of hearing inpairment). I’ll see it through at least once.
-sing
Had time for a short paddle today, before meeting a friend for lunch. Took the Epic V7 and wing paddle out for the 3rd session. Made hopefully the final adjustment in the footplate location for leg drive and hip rotation (without pushing myself out of the bucket seat). Tried to focus on leg drive and hip rotation which felt different because of the slight bent legs straight in front for the surfski, rather the the splayed and locked in position I take in my seakayaks. Also, varied up the offset angles of the paddle to see what felt better with the hip rotation. 30 and 45 seemed more “natural” than the in-between.
Found that my Icom MV1 VHF seemed to have given up the ghost after nearly 20 years. Looks like I have to pick up another radio, before venturing to far out beyond the harbor.
-sing
PS. Looking forward to getting lessons at the NE Surfski Center in the northshore of MA. But, it doesn’t open up until mid-June for lessons (in warmer water temps). Looks like I am “winging it” (in a less than ideal way) until the Center opens, which I am looking forward to!
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This video will be a good reference to look at and compare after you take your training.
Re paddle angle, I found my goldilocks by this method -
If you have cradles, put your boat on them and sit in it on flat ground. If you don’t have cradles, just sit down on a stool or low back chair. You can even do it standing.
“Air paddle” normally with your chosen paddle in hand. Orient your control hand carefully in its “normal” position for a proper catch.
Focus on air paddling with ideal form.
Carefully adjust the feather so that your slave blade is oriented correctly for the catch in your “natural” form.
Now each blade has correct catch orientation.
Using the “Natural Selection” method means you’re not fighting your natural form - the feather is inherently aligned to your kinesthetics.
I ended up around 35-38*
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You can even do it paddling 
But indeed there probably is an optimal relation between paddle angle and feather angle.
I have found video to be very helpful for developing/improving technique, allowing visual analysis by oneself or others (who know better)! 
-sing
Well, I can say that my normal 30 degree offset felt less than “natural” with the amount of rotation in the surfski. Thus, the “Goldilocks” search.
Thanks for the suggestion.
-sing