Re: [Paddlewise] Rolling in surf

From: TomL <tletourn_at_maine.rr.com>
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2004 17:39:43 -0400
At 06:54 AM 8/1/2004 -0700, you wrote:
> >Anyway my question is this: - if one was setting up an on side roll and
>tipped into the water with the on side nearest the beach does this make it
>easier to roll in the surf? i.e is this a position in which the rotational
>motion of the wave will help one roll up.<
>
>    Yes. Rolling up into a wave is practically automatic. And while I will
>not say that rolling up away from the wave cannot be done, since every time
>I make an absolute statement like that someone seems to take it as their
>personal challenge to prove me wrong, but let's say that it's very, very
>difficult, and I have never managed it.
>
>Scott


Scott, Help me out with this a bit, since I have little experience and 
cannot picture it clearly. Are you saying that it's easier if the wave is 
approaching the hull from off shore and you are rolling up on the 
beach/shore side? Sorry if I seem obtuse here :)

Tom  
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