6 Tips for Overcoming Fear while Sea Kayaking - Kayak Hipster
Kayak 6 years ago 30,032 views
As kayakers we're often exposed to intimidating situations out on the water. These are 6 things I like to do to handle and overcome fear. Thanks to Chris for catching that epic tumble on his drone. Here's his channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCijHAmI12Ak5lr07qDtaFhw If you'd like to find out more about the camera gear I use to make these videos, here's a list of affiliated Amazon links for each item: Sony a6300 - http://amzn.to/2rUtx3o Sony G OSS 18-105mm F4 lens - http://amzn.to/2s4DPMS Canon 50mm 1.2 - http://amzn.to/2tfacaP Canon 16-35mm 2.8 II - http://amzn.to/2s4P7R9 DJI Mavic Pro Quadcopter - http://amzn.to/2svBKvW GoPro 6 Black - http://amzn.to/2xAVk8G GoPro 4 Silver - http://amzn.to/2smju8J 360Fly 4K - http://amzn.to/2smLAkf Kayak Hipster http://kayakhipster.com
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That's a great idea for a video. So far I would say Norway tops anything I've ever done on the water. Meeting and paddling with Daniel in Mexico was fantastic, and I would think Lumpy, SSTIKS & HRGF were all awesome events so I don't know if I could pick one of the three.
Cheers!
So what I did is the following on the tumble: was edging just a little bit into the wave. The moment the wave stood up, I dropped. As I dropped, stern remained in the wave, and the right edge of my bow touched down first. That's what made me fall a bit to the right - here's where if I had been edging hard to the left into the wave, as I fell I would have remained edging into the wave, and probably would have been able to take the pounding of that curl.
The other option would have been to commit to going over to the right, tucked and gone for the roll. I would bet if I remained calm and followed the drop of the wave, the wave itself would have probably rough me up on the other side.
So much to keep testing, trying and learning. Can't wait to make my way out there with you guys again.
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As someone who really enjoys expanding my skill set and the process of learning, it all rings true. I am often fighting a lot of anxiety in the rough stuff, but I really enjoy it, and following a long discussion with Jedi Master Will Bigelow, I also came to recognize that I am not going to eliminate the fears, but I will manage to cope with them, and hopefully even feed off of them. This is my primary reason for pushing surf days this year. TOo much time in between results in very slow growth, and makes it hard to stay in front of the anxiety.