Friday, February 24, 2012

How to eskimo roll a sea kayak

Righto - I was tole early on by  couple of old timers that rolling was the best defense to being in the water, and gettting into trouble.

although there are a few good descriptions about kayak rolling one useful progressive learning technique - that splits the roll into several actions that are then mastered before piecing it all together into one choreography or "dance".

I also found that differnet wrtters empahsied diffrnet aspects - or described th rolling in  a slightly different way.  So reading a few accounts nad look at a number of videos does pay off.

Good step by step progrssion - espec. demonstation of mastering the "hip flick" the central stage that pulls the body round .and lessosn in learngin about the centre and how to mnaiputae ones body and movement of hte kness during a roll "... pulling the kayak over with the left knee, then rolling it by pulling the right knee through under the kayak..."

 Nice Tips and Finer points to rememebr
Learning to kayak roll step by step
Good written descriptin of the movement or dance moves you need o execute

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