Re: [Paddlewise] C to shining C

From: Joe Pylka <pylka_at_castle.net>
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 10:54:09 -0400
> 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.  





>>...I've had other responses that said basically the same thing.  But, my
instructor says that my body should be upright.  Perhaps I need to ask him
about that and see if I misunderstood.  Thanks for the help.





--Unless it really wasn't a C-to-C.   When I learned it, we thought of it as a
C shape of the body, hipsnap to C shape facing the other way.  It was
important that the Last bit of your body out of the water was your head.  That
can't be the case if your forehead is near the foredeck.  Your body must
remain perpendicular to the boat.


    On the other hand, my roll in an open canoe depends on my head being very
low and close to the front airbag; otherwise I may continue to roll right back
over on the other side....





Joe P.








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