[Paddlewise] C to shining C

Rick said: I'm leaning to roll, starting with the C-to-C.  My biggest 
problem is hat as hard as I try not to, I continue to lean forward as my hip 
snap pulls the boat underneath me

This doesn't seem like a problem to me.  I learned to roll before it was 
called a C2C and I always end up with my forehead almost touching the 
foredeck.  And, as a whitewater paddler, I always felt real safe.  The few 
times I hit rocks with my brain while rolling, it was the helmeted portion 
of the brain hitting the rock.  The main thing is that I almost always come 
up.  I've missed three combat rolls in the past quarter century and none of 
them was because I lean forward at the end of the roll.

And, until the C2C tradition evolved, I got roundly criticized for my 
rolling technique because "it just doesn't look right."  But it has served 
me well.

Jim Tibensky



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