A Couple common Kayak Rolling Errors

A couple common kayak rolling errors and how to fix them.

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A couple common kayak rolling errors and how to fix them.

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for A Couple common Kayak Rolling Errors

Helen N
Helen N - 6 years ago
I love the info, but the instructors voice!! It's awesome!!
Yukon Heart
Yukon Heart - 7 years ago
wow real nice analysis - found my mistakes thanks
David
David - 7 years ago
I bought the DVD,
it was worth the 20 euros.
Roger Rhodes
Roger Rhodes - 7 years ago
Sea kayak touring
David
David - 8 years ago
I bought the DVD, followed the intructions and now I can roll.
yeezy stidda
yeezy stidda - 8 years ago
it is so fkin hard!!!
DJHeroMasta
DJHeroMasta - 8 years ago
XD No. I was having so much fun out there I had forgotten all about this post. It's harder to flip over more than I thought. You only feel like you're going to tip over when you think about it :D
Max Musgrave
Max Musgrave - 8 years ago
+DJHeroMasta so ............ Are you dead
DJHeroMasta
DJHeroMasta - 8 years ago
I just had to scroll down....thanks for your encouraging words. Before reading that, I had hope that I wouldn't tip over and drown. If I don't reply in a few hours (before 9pm) then I'm dead
tiji151
tiji151 - 8 years ago
and then the guy receives a rock in the face
Enrique DB
Enrique DB - 8 years ago
thank you so much, i am getting all four with 40usd discount mp4!
squadron commander
squadron commander - 8 years ago
i broke my penis in a class 2
Grab em by The puss
Grab em by The puss - 6 years ago
squadron commander sorry

10. comment for A Couple common Kayak Rolling Errors

dillon lamb
dillon lamb - 8 years ago
thanks larry
Badass 40s
Badass 40s - 8 years ago
I drowned and died.
Nig G
Nig G - 8 years ago
A pool roll is one thing. Rolling after an accidental capsize in cold water can result in rushing the roll and the good technique of your pool roll goes 'out of the window'. A classic of the rushed roll is pulling down before you've swept the paddle out to the side (as shown in the video). Solution: think 'Sweep out sideways' and watch the blade as it goes out to 90 degrees. Another error is to lean back as you drive over your head with the paddle, thus preventing a good hip-flick. The solution is to keep your chin tucked down to your chest as you drive over (practice with a soft ball under your chin). Another error of rushing, is to finish the drive-over by pushing out with the rear-most hand, instead of keeping it close to your chest.. as shown at the end of the video... (practice with a soft ball under your rear arm pit). A failed roll can sometimes be saved by finishing with a scull either to the back or to the front of the boat. If the blade has finished deep and slightly behind you, turn your wrists down and raise your elbows to make a long scull forwards, the drive face of the blade facing upwards to the sky, and your body finishing forwards over the deck. To help keep a good roll-action fresh and automatic in your mind, periodically go through the action (and sequence of directing thoughts) while sitting on the floor. Never give up on getting your roll right, but be prepared to to try out variations in technique rather than staying locked in one method.
Herbert Pimentel
Herbert Pimentel - 8 years ago
that is awesome, thank you
anjelheartluv
anjelheartluv - 8 years ago
this guy's voice is annoying
Reza Maulana
Reza Maulana - 9 years ago
ikeeh
Crickett Hoffman
Crickett Hoffman - 9 years ago
No one ever thought to try training me in a pool, or tell me to get my body where I could see the side of the kayak, or to do the sweep with the paddle. Here I thought I was an impossible learner.
The Ocean's Highway
The Ocean's Highway - 9 years ago
Thanks! I'm shure i'm doing this both errors... not any more!
Quico Reed
Quico Reed - 9 years ago
Very well done video. Hard to get much clearer than that.
RushNReady
RushNReady - 9 years ago
why the weird voice aha
RushNReady
RushNReady - 7 years ago
Nick Firth what do you mean? wierd? weird not wierd
Nick Firth
Nick Firth - 7 years ago
RushNReady Why the "wierd" spelling.
Not that Guy
Not that Guy - 9 years ago
I thought it made the video more enjoyable, great vid!!!

20. comment for A Couple common Kayak Rolling Errors

Stefan Carey
Stefan Carey - 9 years ago
Excellent video.
Scanny
Scanny - 9 years ago
Thank you larry david
I. Cem Onur
I. Cem Onur - 9 years ago
+supermonkeywtf09 LoL. i thought he looked familiar!
Woody Davis
Woody Davis - 9 years ago
looks like whitewater play park in dayton
joeskis
joeskis - 10 years ago
It's really difficult because when you're upside down you're very disorientated.  I'm not sure learning to look at your paddle or boat is a good training idea.  Normal river or lake water probably isn't clear enough plus you most likely will not have goggles on.  I would recommend learning to be upside-down under water while remaining calm and learning which way is which.  
Chris
Chris - 7 years ago
practice practice practice until you do it instinctively. 'muscle memory'
Not that Guy
Not that Guy - 9 years ago
To look at the sticker is just a training exercise to learn muscle memory.
Bryan Sarauer
Bryan Sarauer - 10 years ago
It's not that you always must look at the paddle or kayak while underwater, but for those first few rolls while getting oriented, having some vision to get oriented can be helpful. Once the student is familiar with the position, then that crutch of the googles can be removed. That last part is important and in line with what you are saying, I think - you must be comfortable setting up whether you can see or not.
Craig WöoÐman
Craig WöoÐman - 10 years ago
There's some really good information in here.  But the style shown is not a Sweep roll, it is a C-to-C.  True, the paddle "sweeps" out to the side.  Then there is a pause.  Then the paddle is used as an outrigger to counter the knee roll.  i.e. - force is applied to the blade face.
A Sweep Roll does not use the blade face as a force.  It uses the rolling knee and the unwinding of the body while the blade slices thru the water.
 
Consider the common threads of these two roll styles:
   Rolling knee,
   Head near surface,
   Watching the blade (or side of boat as shown here)
   Head is the last thing out of the water
 
And the differences:
  The rolling knee does not begin until the blade is set into 'outrigger' position.
  A force is put upon the blade.

Good stuff!
Stefan Carey
Stefan Carey - 9 years ago
+Craig WöoÐman Important distinction, thanks
murfleblurg
murfleblurg - 11 years ago
I don't think I want Larry David as my instructor - he'd be fussy and sarcastic.
Chuck Tangier
Chuck Tangier - 11 years ago
Canadian? Seriously? Guy's from Wisconsin eh.
David L
David L - 11 years ago
Is that reaching the body out thing not dangerous? It seems like that would expose your face for quite a while. I was taught and I still roll from a tight tuck to minimize broken faces :)
Eugene Benjamin
Eugene Benjamin - 11 years ago
Canadjun...eh? Ooot and aboot
Gavyn Pendleton
Gavyn Pendleton - 11 years ago
Yeah its called carping :)

30. comment for A Couple common Kayak Rolling Errors

Ed Kern
Ed Kern - 11 years ago
The canadian-ness of this video is epic
Sues Lifestyle
Sues Lifestyle - 11 years ago
We did kayaking in Africa in the still rivers in wilderness on the way to garden route. So were fortunate to not have the kayak roll over , was exhausting for my tiny body though :)
Caesar Ong
Caesar Ong - 11 years ago
I personally find it easier to roll with my kayak filled with water because your center of gravity is a lot lower into the water.
wrybread
wrybread - 11 years ago
Great video. I'm pretty sure I'm currently doing every one of these problems. And ha, love the soundtrack.
Andrew Stuart
Andrew Stuart - 11 years ago
Well this would put anybody of kayaking
Mike Gonzalez
Mike Gonzalez - 12 years ago
once i went kayaking with my friend and somehow water went inside the kayak and it would sink everytime we sat on it and it had about 2 gallons of water in it and we had to drag it back
Broke Yakin
Broke Yakin - 12 years ago
What happens when the student realizes they're kayaking in a pool?
AnybodyCanKayak
AnybodyCanKayak - 12 years ago
It is quite possible to roll a kayak full with water. It's more difficult than without water, but many, many people can do it. For learning, beginners should check their kayak for water and empty it out as soon as it need it.
luiscalcocer
luiscalcocer - 12 years ago
what if my kayak fills up with water?
KamikazeKoscki
KamikazeKoscki - 12 years ago
Excellent!
Hambone
Hambone - 12 years ago
Does this work for the 10 foot kayaks?
PhantomLord6666
PhantomLord6666 - 12 years ago
You have a fantastic accent :) I can already roll well and have just begun peer teaching people to roll and this is a good indication of things to look for. Thanks.
nick cardone
nick cardone - 12 years ago
I think this video really helped me. thanks!!!! I'ma go try it some more tomorrow!
AnybodyCanKayak
AnybodyCanKayak - 12 years ago
@DontStopJaime There are 14 more errors, including lifting the head, which we cover in the full DVD.
Jamie Best
Jamie Best - 12 years ago
One more problem that you didn't account. People raising their heads first.
Dino Alberini
Dino Alberini - 12 years ago
Oh look! it's as if somebody filmed me two years ago.
AnybodyCanKayak
AnybodyCanKayak - 13 years ago
Greg Parker is a kayak instructor during the summer and a grade school physical education teacher during the winter. Tim Parker owns a janitorial company which cleans office buildings.
Sean Sutton
Sean Sutton - 13 years ago
Kayaking is my high school senior project. Your videos are of great value to me and I would like to credit the professional kayaker who submitted this video. Could you share your name and professional background. Thank you.
CT2507
CT2507 - 13 years ago
great video!!... now i see what im doing wrong. cheers !
Marcus Bagshawe
Marcus Bagshawe - 13 years ago
rollings easy :)

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