Re: [Paddlewise] Kahuna

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From: "Jeff" <jkayak_at_sopoint.com>
>
> What I'd like to know is: Can anyone on the list roll a Kahuna?

I doubt that he is on the list because I don't even know if he has a phone
but Dubside from Philadelphia was at the NY Kayak Shop two weeks ago and did
about15 different roles including nearly all if not all the ones that are
needed in the national championships in Greenland.  I watched him learn with
his K-Light at St. Joseph's Univ. pool in sessions run by Anorak and the
Philadelphia Canoe Club (I learned on a hardshell.  Given my reputation as a
folding kayak guru and penchant for "folding kayak uber alles", I wore a
Groucho Mark mask that kept slipping off :-).  He then got a Kahuna and fell
into clutches of a den of NJ Greenlanders, attended the Greenland oriented
Delmarva Paddlers Retreat and under the influence of real Greelanders and
just rolled and rolled including several types of handrolls.

I have seen others do several different types of rolls with the K-Light but
not the wide array that Dubside has perfected.   But the others rolling the
K-Light were not familiar with the boat, i.e. it wasn't theirs.

ralph diaz

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