A Couple common Kayak Rolling Errors

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Helen N - 6 years ago

I love the info, but the instructors voice!! It's awesome!!

Yukon Heart - 7 years ago

wow real nice analysis - found my mistakes thanks

David - 7 years ago

I bought the DVD,
it was worth the 20 euros.

Roger Rhodes - 7 years ago

Sea kayak touring

David - 8 years ago

I bought the DVD, followed the intructions and now I can roll.

yeezy stidda - 8 years ago

it is so fkin hard!!!

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 - 8 years ago

+DJHeroMasta so ............ Are you dead

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 - 8 years ago

and then the guy receives a rock in the face

Enrique DB - 8 years ago

thank you so much, i am getting all four with 40usd discount mp4!

squadron commander - 8 years ago

i broke my penis in a class 2

Grab em by The puss - 6 years ago

squadron commander sorry

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dillon lamb - 8 years ago

thanks larry

Badass 40s - 8 years ago

I drowned and died.

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 - 8 years ago

that is awesome, thank you

anjelheartluv - 8 years ago

this guy's voice is annoying

Reza Maulana - 9 years ago

ikeeh

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 - 9 years ago

Thanks! I'm shure i'm doing this both errors... not any more!

Quico Reed - 9 years ago

Very well done video. Hard to get much clearer than that.

RushNReady - 9 years ago

why the weird voice aha

RushNReady - 7 years ago

Nick Firth what do you mean? wierd? weird not wierd

Nick Firth - 7 years ago

RushNReady Why the "wierd" spelling.

Not that Guy - 9 years ago

I thought it made the video more enjoyable, great vid!!!

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Stefan Carey - 9 years ago

Excellent video.

Scanny - 9 years ago

Thank you larry david

I. Cem Onur - 9 years ago

+supermonkeywtf09 LoL. i thought he looked familiar!

Woody Davis - 9 years ago

looks like whitewater play park in dayton

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 - 7 years ago

practice practice practice until you do it instinctively. 'muscle memory'

Not that Guy - 9 years ago

To look at the sticker is just a training exercise to learn muscle memory.

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 - 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 - 9 years ago

+Craig WöoÐman Important distinction, thanks

murfleblurg - 11 years ago

I don't think I want Larry David as my instructor - he'd be fussy and sarcastic.

Chuck Tangier - 11 years ago

Canadian? Seriously? Guy's from Wisconsin eh.

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 - 11 years ago

Canadjun...eh? Ooot and aboot

Gavyn Pendleton - 11 years ago

Yeah its called carping :)

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Ed Kern - 11 years ago

The canadian-ness of this video is epic

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 - 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 - 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 - 11 years ago

Well this would put anybody of kayaking

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 - 12 years ago

What happens when the student realizes they're kayaking in a pool?

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 - 12 years ago

what if my kayak fills up with water?

KamikazeKoscki - 12 years ago

Excellent!

Hambone - 12 years ago

Does this work for the 10 foot kayaks?

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 - 12 years ago

I think this video really helped me. thanks!!!! I'ma go try it some more tomorrow!

AnybodyCanKayak - 12 years ago

@DontStopJaime There are 14 more errors, including lifting the head, which we cover in the full DVD.

Jamie Best - 12 years ago

One more problem that you didn't account. People raising their heads first.

Dino Alberini - 12 years ago

Oh look! it's as if somebody filmed me two years ago.

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 - 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.