Re: [Paddlewise] C to shining C

At 02:50 PM 4/12/02 -0500, James Tibensky wrote:
>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 agree with this.  A couple of years ago I took the BCU 3 star assessment.
The two assessors were both BCU star 5 accredited.  At the end of the
class, after we had been asked to perform all the required skills, someone
asked them to show *us* their rolls.  One of them rolled coming up laying
back, the other almost kissing the deck.  Up is good.

Jim Tibensky
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