Re: [Paddlewise] Mysterious Surfing Roll

From: <dldecker_at_se.mediaone.net>
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 22:09:40 -0500
At 04:53 PM 11/22/98 -0800, Gerald Foodman wrote:
>The last few times I capsized in surf I managed to roll up without rolling.
>I didn't set up, didn't sweep, didn't hip snap.  Yet I rolled up comfortably
>broached on the wave in a high brace.  I think that I just sort of stick my
>paddle out and up I come.
>
>I am afraid that if someone tells me what the heck I do, I won't be able to
>do it anymore.  But it would be nice to do it deliberately.
>
>Jerry
>


The wave is in constant circling motion and you probably just got you
paddle on the back side of the wave which is going upward and lifted you up.

Dana

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