I have the bent-shaft carbon fibre 215 Ikelos and this is one nice paddle. You can browse the manufacturer's site at http://www.wernerpaddles.com/. Designed for the high-angled paddler, the blade gives you plenty of catch so that you get generate some serious power in your stroke. I also tried out the Corry, the Shuna, and some of their low-angle paddles and this one fit my style the best. The Shuna had too small of a blade and I felt that I wasn't using the full power of my muscles as the blade slid through the water without enough catch. Compared to the Corry, it's a little more expensive but what you do get is the foam-cored blades. This gives you a sweet buoyancy-rebound feeling when you dip your paddle in and moments later on the exit. It's almostt like it helps you finish your stroke due to the blade's buoyancy. Swing weight is light as a feather,... no, scratch that, light as air. You put this paddle on the water horizontally and watch it float, it's not floating in the water, it's floating above the water! The asymmetrical blade makes most strokes quite a pleasure to execute except for the sculling brace. Of course, a Greenland-style symmetrical paddle does this best, but it's a small compromise and you can get used to it in time.

The only downside is that this is a $400 paddle, the price of a small recreational kayak.

A side note on bent-shafts, it is surely an ergonomic upgrade to the straight shaft. With proper technique, you can do just fine with a straight shaft and put minimal strain on your wrists. But with proper technique and a bent-shaft, you can put ZERO strain on your wrists. :) I would highly recommend neutral-angle bent shaft paddles.