From: "John Fereira" <jaf30_at_cornell.edu> > >http://members.rogers.com/michaeldaly2/kayakRollingXref.htm > > That's a great page. I'm going to have to print it out and go down the > list, trying each of the rolls to see how many I can do. You're joining an number of other folks doing the same (including me). I've managed over twenty so far, obviously to varying degrees of success. There are a few more that need a _lot_ of work. > BTW, did you try the "paddle flip roll" in Ray's class? He did it a few > times and Gabriel and I paddled with him last summer. He had us doing it in the rolling class, then in the next day's traditional paddling class we did it with the capsize to the paddle side, resulting in a _really_ slow capsize. It's a roll that is easy and fun. The other I liked was the one where you lightly hold the paddle on the gunwale and capsize away from the paddle, causing it to roll up onto the upturned hull. You then reach around with one hand and, bracing off the inverted hull, roll up. I can't remember then name of that roll and called it "Under The Hull Roll??" for now. Anyone? > I have one quibble about the Butterfly/back hand roll description in your > table though. The two "types" you have available are "brace" and "sweep" > and the butterfly roll doesn't really fit into either. It's much easier to > do if you try *not* to brace with the paddle, but just hold onto it loosely. It's obviously not a sweep, so it becomes a brace almost by default. It is true that the least force on the paddle the better, but any action at all is a bracing-type maneouver, hence the classification. BTW, I still am looking for rolls not on the list. Mike *************************************************************************** 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 Apr 30 2002 - 09:52:40 PDT
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