Ralph, Thanks for the info. I must have come to the NY Kayak paddlefest a little late. Most unfortunate as I would like to have seen for myself. I have found the Kahuna very difficult to capsize, so I assumed it would be as difficult to roll up. Hmmm...a den of NJ Greenlanders, sounds ominous! I hope rolling under the influence of Greenlanders is not a ticketable offense. Jeff > From: "ralph diaz" <rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com> > Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Kahuna > ----- Original Message ----- > 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 *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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