Steve wrote: "If you're looking for some other real good safety books, check out "Sea Kayak Rescue" by Roger Schumann & Jan Shriner" This is a great book. Everything is well explained. The voice of real-life experience shines through. But I feel it has a curious under-emphasis on rolling, the best recovery skill. Perhaps Roger and Jan will get around to writing another excellent book just devoted to rolling. The one book I've read devoted solely to rolling, "The Bombproof Roll and Beyond" by Steve Dutky, is written from a white water perspective. Is Derek Hutchinson's book on rolling worth acquiring and reading as well? Maybe a Greenlander could write something that explains rolling and all those capsize manoeuvres listed at http://www.magicnet.net/~gstamer/rolls.html. How many of these things are possible in a boat that is not extra low volume and specially built for a rolling competition? Lately, I have followed Doug Alderson's article in Sea Kayaker, and managed a few vertical storm rolls, at least on one side. It has at least one use, checking out if there are any sunken snags before rolling! It has a very different feel from rolls with the blade at the surface. Great fun. Peter Treby. Melbourne, Australia. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
From: "Peter Treby" <ptreby_at_ozemail.com.au> > The one book I've read devoted solely to rolling, "The Bombproof Roll and > Beyond" by Steve Dutky, is written from a white water perspective. Is Derek > Hutchinson's book on rolling worth acquiring and reading as well? It's useful for documenting some rolls that aren't published in book form elsewhere (at least, that I've found). Some of the diagrams are hard to follow and the name of at least one roll has been challenged. Dutky's book is first choice IMHO (to learn), DH is number two (for variety.) > Perhaps Roger and Jan will get around to > writing another excellent book just devoted to rolling. [...] > Maybe a Greenlander could write something that explains rolling and all > those capsize manoeuvres listed at > http://www.magicnet.net/~gstamer/rolls.html. The problem with a truly complete book on rolling is that it would be encyclopedic in size and complexity. It would have to come with a DVD of video clips, since written text and simple diagrams aren't enough. What I'd like to see is at least a cross-reference listing of the rolls. I've seen discussions here and on other lists that have two folks using different names for the same roll and I've even seen the same name applied to two different rolls. I tried learning a roll from DH's book two winters ago in the pool. One of our club's rolling instructors tried to help me and confused me completely, since he was teaching me a different roll. I finally got something sorted out the following summer - a third roll. All these rolls had essentially the same set-up and intent, with a slightly different technique. I can now do the third version, but it ain't pretty (yet - the instruction in summer 2000 was very good [at Grand Marais symposium] but I hadn't nailed it. I kept mentally rehearsing until last week in the pool. This was the first time I tried it since then. Got it first time!) What I ended up with is a reverse screw roll. What I was trying initially was a variation on an Aleut roll! BTW, how different do two rolls have to be for someone to consider them distinct? Mike *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Peter Treby >Is Derek Hutchinson's book on rolling worth acquiring >and reading as well? G'Day, Derek's book on rolling is informative it gives a wide range of rolls (17), a short section on rolling in rough (white) water, advice on how to teach rolling and includes accounts from a variety of people on how rolls were used in live situations. His descripton of how to roll has been something of a bible to me - his illustrations are very clear although they are more detailed in "The complete book of sea kayaking" for a more limited set of rolls. PeterO *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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