Re: [Paddlewise] YouTube - How to roll a waveski - Irish Method

> I dont care for waveskis. If you remove your seat belt before you 
> remove your feet from the stirrups you can easily injure your knee. 

   So don't remove your seatbelt before you remove your feet - simple 
enough solution :-) Actually some waveskis are fitted with thigh straps 
rather then a seat belt.

> A reliable roll seems much more essential when using a waveski than in 
> a kayak. I will simple defer to the thought that whatever gets you 
> upright is OK.

   I don't know about that. It is easy enough to climb back onto a 
waveski in the water, which is a lot more then I can say about surf kayaks.
>
> This is the roll I see most people perform when on a waveski.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4ecuQ3yq7Q
>
> One leg out of position never struck me as wise and is very difficult 
> to learn.

   You might notice that the fellow in the video is using an extended 
paddle as well. I always used an extended paddle (but not the leg out) 
to roll my waveski as well, until I learned the reverse screw roll. The 
reverse screw roll, when done correctly, really does take advantage of 
the lower center of gravity possible by laying back (shouldn't that 
actually be lying back :-) on the ski. I feel it's a superior roll for 
waveskis which is quick and requires much less energy to perform then 
the forward sweep rolls, and it brings you with the paddle ready to 
brace on either side and the feet in the stirrups. But like you say, 
whatever works!

Scott
So.Cal.
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