I totally agree with the motion of the lower body in the roll. I like to teach a good low brace (J-lean or boat tilt followed by a good snap (head dink, or knee-bone-to-the-chin-bone, or drop the head and the knee magically comes up)), followed by a high brace and sweep, and then show how the roll is composed of these elements. (only from upside down). I always have the student tap three times the paddleblade on the surface so they know it is up there. However, I was surprised my my instructor trainer in my whitewater course serveral years ago who encouraged me to plane my blade under the water....and it worked. So...has anyone else played with this? Since I learned the sweep-roll first, this is my default, and I find it the easiest to do in my sea kayak. Andree Hurley Web Sites for Specialty Businesses - http://www.viewit.com/ KIX - http://www.onwatersports.com/KIX *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Apr 03 2000 - 22:20:55 PDT
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