>> Mike you wrote about Jack Elliot's Alternative Rolling technique- it >>sounded interesting. Could you give a little more details on the paddle >>placement and how/where the paddle shaft was grabbed to effect the roll. >>If it is as good as you said we should all have this one in our repetoire. >> Anyway it sounded neat. >> Wayne, If you need some visual clues, the very similar roll that Harvey described (put across, pull-down) is shown in John Heath's "Amphibious Man", video, demonstrated by John Petersen. If you can keep control of the paddle, you can repeat the roll again and again, a "roto-roll", as shown in the video. If you don't keep control of the paddle then you can wallop yourself in the face (don't ask me how I know this), probably why the paddle-tip under the coaming variant was conceived. Perhaps Harvey's raised pinky technique, along with being cultured, is also a good idea. FYI, there are several Greenland rolls that rely on levering the paddle off the hull/deck and are fun to perform. Another simple alternative roll that I enjoy is to use the paddle floating parallel to the kayak to rebound up from, similar to how you use a pool ledge to practice hipsnaps. I often use this roll to tune my offside hipsnap. The roll works best with a unfeathered paddle. And then there are all the Greenland rolls.... Greg Stamer Orlando, Florida _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed May 16 2001 - 13:46:29 PDT
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