Re: [Paddlewise] To Roll No More....oh the indignity!

In a message dated 6/8/00 7:20:56 AM !!!First Boot!!!, mkayaks_at_oz.net writes:

<< I started teaching rolling using a float on the paddle not too long after I
 developed the outrigger paddle float rescue back in 1981 and the float (in
 hand) roll soon thereafter. Don't know if I was the first to do it and I
 suspect that Eskimos may have also done at least the float (hand) roll and
 used a float on the harpoon to roll sometimes. >>

 I found an article describing the "float roll" about a year ago.  The 
bladder of course had an Inuit name "Avataq" and the roll carried the same 
name.  A bladder made from seal skin was carried on the deck.  In the event 
of capsize, the bladder was used to roll up.  The technique is described more 
fully at http://www.seakayakermag.com/jun97/eskroll.htm.
  I wonder why this type of roll is not being taught to beginners.

  Bruce McC
  WEO
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