Personally, I think practicing rolls and rescues is half the fun of the sport. Sure I enjoy just paddling, but it is great when the warm days come around and I can get wet, splash around, and play with my boat. Your body can forget the mechanics of a roll pretty quick and I think this justifies having a smaller boat to take to the indoor pool sessions during the winter. Here in Missouri, a loose knit group of paddlers (mostly WW) gather Thursday night of every week at a local lake or indoor pool for the sole purpose of practicing rolls and providing feedback and instruction, not mention good conversation! Some of the participants are certified instructors who will gladly help when asked. None of us make it every week, but we try. These social outtings keep us in practice without having to think much about it... Tim *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Aug 29 2000 - 11:37:36 PDT
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