RE: [Paddlewise] Rolling

There have been a few occasions that I've wished that
the my instructor had a clear kayak for demonstration
purposes.  It would have made it easy to see all of
the mysterious stuff that was happening below the
spray skirt.  Initial rolling demonstrations were one
example of this.

--- Matt Broze <mkayaks_at_oz.net> wrote:

> No brute strength or hip flick is necessary if one
> comes up laying on the
> back deck (or starts the wind up/unwind process from
> there in little steps).
> It can be done in slow motion with the paddlefloat
> and with very little
> effort or strength if done right. That's the point.
> You can learn how to do
> it easily with a float. By starting at the end and
> progressively moving
> forward and back again you can fairly easily figure
> out the way that
> requires very little force since you have plenty of
> time to experiment and
> at first you don't even need to put your head
> underwater. Most folks new to
> rolling can't understand the concept of hip flick
> either. I usually just
> tell them what knee/thigh to pull against the
> cockpit with to right the
> kayak.
> 
> Matt Broze
> www.marinerkayaks.com
> 

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