Very encouraging tale Joan, you are persistent to the point of being inspirational! I am boosted to keep on with my own efforts to develop a smooth useful roll. All the same, one's roll will fail...(and other tactics need to practised and employed). I thought I was getting the hang of rolling on demand, but came back from a paddle in fairly cold water (11 Celsius, 50 Fahrenheit+-). I had done a couple of quick rolls en route, but back at the put in point, decided to crank off a few more. I was a bit tired and cold. I had no head covering on. I blew a roll, and then another... and couldn't roll at all. I just wanted to get my head out of the cold water, and of course lifting your head early is fatal to a roll. I needed my paddling friend's bow to pull up on time and time again. A couple of things from this experience: (a) don't practice when tired and cold, and reinforce bad actions, and (b)have a neoprene hood available in cold water.I don't know of any other head covering quite as good. I have since had a rolling/rescue practice session, using head cover, and thankfully stopped practising only the first half of the roll! Regards, Peter Treby 37°42'S 145°08'E *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Aug 19 2000 - 19:20:48 PDT
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