Derek, I am pretty much self taught in the rolling department. also have a good friend that rolls and watches and critiques my rolls. I started in about 1 foot of water, working on the last part of the roll. In my case that was the sweep, lay-back/sit-up portion. ("hip-snap" in there somewhere too) This got me weaned from trying to pull myself up with the wrong knee instead of pulling the boat up with the right one. Also bringing my head up last. I worked to deeper and deeper water and started my roll closer and closer to inverted. This built muscle memory for the last and most critical part of the roll. Working it the same way on the off side should be pretty easy, and if you miss, you don't need to bail out, just prop up on an elbow and think it over a bit. Good luck! Tony Olsen http://kayakbytes.com *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Mar 07 2007 - 03:48:56 PST
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