At 09:34 PM 4/28/02 -0700, Kathea and Ken wrote: >I'm intrigued: What is a butterfly roll? Assuming you're going to roll up on the right side: Grab the paddle in the middle of the loom. Cross your arms such that the left hand is holding the cockpit rim on the right and the right arm is over the left with the paddle along the left side and parallel to the boat. Lean forward slightly and capsize to the left. Once upside down, extend the paddle straight away from the boat with your right hand, holding the loom loosely, as if you're opening up a "wing". Then open up the other "wing" (extend your left hand) as you lay back and rotate the boat with your hips. You'll end up lying on the back deck. If it's done right it will feel completely effortless. If you don't come up you've usually done one of two things wrong. If you hold the paddle too firmly or try to pull down on the paddle one end will tend to dive. If you just extend the paddle out and hold it very loosely it works much better. The other thing that keeps you from coming up is failing to lay back enough. I don't even think about a hip snap as much as just laying back as I open up my left arm. *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Apr 29 2002 - 08:17:14 PDT
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