>>You have also diagnosed a problem with my roll that I'm very aware of. I have so little flexibility that I can't get my paddle very high on my set up, but it's something I just try to work around. A few years ago I was teaching rescues in a kayaking class when someone asked me a question about people who had difficulties getting back into the boat. So I pulled out my loop and explained loop rescues, which was not a usual part of my curriculum for this class. Rather then take the time to replace the loop back into the hatch I store it in, I just quickly tied it to my deck bunjies and proceeded with the class. A little while later someone asked me about Eskimo rolls, so I promptly capsized to demonstrate one. Once underwater I attempted a paddle sweep only to encounter resistance. I realized that my paddle had somehow been tread into the loop which was tied to the deck of my boat! Since failing a roll in front of an audience was simply NOT an option I extended my paddle and managed a modified short sweep Pawlata roll and came up. Hail to the power of the extended paddle :-) Scott So.Cal. *************************************************************************** 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 Apr 25 2008 - 19:58:25 PDT
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