[Paddlewise] Hand Rolling

Like Niels,  I have two sea kayaks and have mastered the hand roll in only 
one of the, a VCP Pintail.   My hand rolling instructor was Cindy Cole who 
won her class at the Greenland National Championships recently.  She had me 
demonstrate my throwing stick roll (a sweep) and then do it again without the 
throwing stick.  I hand rolled successfully.  

After knocking off most rolling for the winter I "lost" my hand roll. Cindy 
told me to do 100 throwing stick rolls and I would have my hand roll back.  
It worked (somewhere short of 100).

A few years later, I successfully tried hand rolling a whitewater kayak and 
for some reason switched to a C2C style hand roll.  I think it is because 
that is what I saw the others doing.  That carried over to my sea kayak hand 
rolling and I now do a C2C type hand roll.  

In conclusion, I suggest you start trying it with the C2C motion since that 
is what you are now familiar with.  If that fails, try using a throwing stick 
or similar aid until you get it down.  BTW:  Its easier to grab a throwing 
stick after a failed hand roll than a paddle half!


Brian Blankinship
Yellow Pintail
Yellow Millennium

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