......"In other words, if you learned a bit of rolling but not enough to do it reliably, it's not useful. If you don't learn to hold a paddle, paddling's not much of an option either. I agree with Rob - if you remove "sea", the expectation of a good roll is there." ------- Good morning or evening. I have spent several years practicing to rescue myself and trying to have a dependable roll. With so many failed roll attempts of course my rescue technique became very proficient. Then finally I had a roll that would get me out of trouble, but in real hard situations I tended to go back automatically to the traditional wet exit and self rescue. Finally I learned that having the options, wet exiting consumes much more energy and puts you in difficulties when close to rocks or turbulent waters, or cold weather. So I decided that it is always better to roll even if it takes two or three attempts. Once I made my mind I have profited from this in many occasions. I have failed a roll only every now and then, but I have been successful many other times. Now I can try what I like to do which is surfing on a short kayak, trying maneuvers and skills and so on because if I go over, I am back in almost no time. So I think that it pays back to go through the mental process of being convinced in real situations of the advantages of a roll. Mis dos centavos. Best Regards, Rafael Mexico. *************************************************************************** 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 Oct 06 2006 - 09:05:38 PDT
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