Kent Ford has recently released a new video tape called the Kayak Roll. He presents a good progression for teaching rolling. I would classify what he teached as a modified sweep roll which stops the body before it lays onto the back deck. One of things he emphases up front is the finish position. It takes me back to school when I needed to recite poety from memory. I started memorizing from the end of poem backwards. Being located in the US and having watched various people teach rolling, I would tend to say sea kayakers seem to start with the sweep roll and white water with the c to c. Both work in either environment, with both needing good lower body action to work. The palletta roll compensates for poor lower body movement by providing a bigger lever. I use it as my roll of last resort. It's good to include in your back of tricks. good luck sid *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Feb 12 2002 - 09:04:32 PST
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