On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, Mattson, Timothy G wrote: > I took my wing to the pool to see what it would be like to roll with a wing > paddle. I was expecting it to be very difficult. I was really surprised, > however, at what I found. You have to make sure the blade is oriented > correctly, but once that's taken care of, its incredibly easy to roll with > the wing paddle. I found it almost like doing a paddle float roll -- it was > that easy. I had the opposite experience. I didn't feel good rolling with the wing, it seemed to be more picky than my other paddles. I've also only rolled with the wing 8 or 10 times, maybe with more practice. > (something I'm learning as I pathetically try to get > my hand roll). Are you trying to hand roll a sea kayak or a whitewater boat? I had an easy time hand rolling a whitewater boat (a dagger rpm) but my sea kayak hand roll is definitely an intermittent skill. kirk *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Nov 03 1998 - 06:34:25 PST
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