On 12 Sep 2003 at 10:51, Peter Cragg wrote: > I prefer to use an extended paddle (sweep) roll. Moving > my hand to the end of the paddle in the roll. The roll is easy and I > get up all of the time. > > Extended paddle rolls are frowned upon in ww Kayaking. Moving your hands around unnecessarily during rolls is not a good idea in general. You should be able to screw roll any sea kayak - just keep working on it. If you can't crew roll a sea kayak, your technique with an extended paddle is probably not quite right. However, as far as extended rolls go, when I switched to using a Greenland-style paddle extensively, I found that much of the rolling and paddling technique involves moving the hands. Once you get used to it, it seems quite natural and doesn't cause problems. It should be noted, though, that with a Greenland stick, you slide your hand. With a Euro paddle, getting into the fully extended hand position involves moving the hand to the end of the blade. This, due to the shape of the blade, can't easily be done with a simple slide. Only a short Pawlata position (with the hand at the root of the blade, not near the tip) can be done with a slide. I find that when I use a Euro nowadays, I slide my hand all over the shaft but never to the blade. And I use a bent shaft! 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 Fri Sep 12 2003 - 09:27:49 PDT
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