[Paddlewise] Offside roll - How useful?

An oldish thread but new to me - recently back at the 'puter after a
delightful week with four boats and extended family at a beach house at
Pensacola, Florida.  I have many times found an offside roll to be useful.
In white water it is not too unusual to come up against a rock and have to
switch over to an offside roll.  In white water holes and when playing in
the surf it is also quite common to be compelled to roll up offside or not
at all.  One need only set up to roll with a wave to get up whereas to roll
against the wave ain't likely to happen.  It also has happened too often to
me that when I tip over, my boat won't go all the way over but stays sort of
half tipped so that it becomes necessary to change set up sides.  As someone
else already mentioned if you miss the onside roll you are then in good
position to do the offside and it might be a good idea to go ahead and roll
offside because whatever property of the water kept you from coming up
onside originally is likely to still be there.
Larry Koenig



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