Whitewater Troubleshooter - Rolling - Episode 6

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Published 2012-12-23
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Rolling is the viewed as the crux of all beginner skills, and for good reason. Once you achieve competency with the roll your approach to the river is forever changed. In this final installment of the Troubleshooter you will learn that the problems that arise are not only in the skill the itself but the approach to how it is learned.
All Comments (21)
  • @Pythagorus2
    One of the best roll videos I've ever seen because it explains all the reasons for the steps.
  • @Shandchem
    A really clear explanation and highly motivating to attain a successful rolling technique!
  • @kayasper6081
    03:20 here you mention something really valuable, something I had to find out by a lot of trial and error, something seldom mentioned by others. Very good advice!
  • @I-Red
    Thank you, this is in my saved list, extremely great teaching method
  • @juttaweiss9560
    Wunderbar - wunderwunderbar !!!! 1000 DANK - habs endlich verstanden - juhuuu
  • @tr1ckcyclist
    Pretty much the best rolling clinic video I have seen - brilliant cues for my use as both a paddler and in coaching sessions, thanks.
  • @oregonxyz
    as I improve my roll - I would add this - get some speed on the sweep and throw a powerful hip snap - the set up is slow, as is the recovery wait until you are streched out far away from the boat - and then use your hips to right the boat , while your body is still down once you feel the snap turn the boat - only then bring your body up - keeping it curved with the head still in the water once your body is out of the water, then straigten out your curve at the core, first, and the head last then prepare for a low brace - to be ready for anything upon practicing, I hit such a hard hip snap - that I went over the other side! finally - if you are using the paddle to underwater high brace - it will work in the pond, but not when in rapids facing upstream - keep the paddle high, don't pull it down, and trust the hip snap pulling the paddle down will help push down on the water, but hurt your efforts just as bad by lowering your upper body in the water - its a tradeoff in flat water, it will help you if the paddle is downstream, but won;t let you roll upstream also, if you can just stick out your paddle downstream, you can high brace against the current and - practice it at the runout of a small rapid in a wave train - that is where you will be hitting your roll in real life
  • @julioperez3908
    I'm in the middle of making a similar video for seakayakers. I will recommend this along with mine. It is excellent.
  • @johnyy1911
    I just took a lesson and was told to start the hip snap as soon as you start sweeping the paddle. In this video it seems like the hip snap occurs later as the paddle is all the way out to the side. This looks easier and more powerful. Do you start the hip snap when the paddle is all the way out to the side? Great video thanks for helping teach this skill.