I have not heard a description of the “northwoods stroke”
More info please?
I do a considerable bit of racing and tripping and still am stuck on my Zav with a marathon stroke.
As far as kayak paddles in a canoe, never ever. I don’t even use kayak paddles in my kayak anymore.
ever since switching to carbon, I will never go back to wood. The carbon paddles are so much lighter, and a dream to paddle with. Check out Zaveral paddles. ZRE makes the best carbon paddles on earth in my opinion, and their heavyweight ones are quite durable. You can get them in any angle. I use their standard 12 degree and am very very happy with it