Product Details

• Actors: Mary DeRiemer, Dan Crandall, Phil DeRiemer
• Directors: Kent Ford
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Performance Video
• VHS Release Date: January 8, 2002
• Run Time: 53 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0966056973
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #369,432 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS

Winner, Best Instructional, 2002 National Paddling Film Festival Winner, Best Instructional, 2003 Waterwalker Film Festival

Product Description

The Kayak Roll demonstrates and explains a smooth and effortless roll. Crystal clear underwater footage, animation, and explanations make this a video you don't want to miss! Designed for every skill level, beginner to teacher. This DVD presents a step by step learning progression enabling you to learn an effortless roll from scratch. The diagnostic section offers solutions to help you tune-up or teach that labored roll. Every paddler will enjoy it, whether they are beginner struggling to learn, an intermediate seeking to improve, or an advanced boater learning to teach a buddy. For whitewater and sea kayakers. With Dan Crandall, Mary DeRiemer, Phil DeRiemer, and Kent Ford Length: 55 Minutes

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing teaching guide, July 16, 2004

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Svend (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Kayak Roll (DVD)

I bought this DVD after struggling to learn the roll, and finally learned it on the second pool session after watching it. Before watching the video, I was taught to first learn to bring myself up after a near-capsize using a sweeping brace, which I learned, but then I failed to apply that to the mechanics of the roll when upside-down under water, where all your instincts are the reverse of the correct motions.

This video teaches some exercises to progressively work your way to a full capsize -- first without the paddle and just using your knees. Then the instructor holds you by your lifejacket, with your face just above water, to teach you the sweeping motion of the paddle and the corresponding knee motion.

The video has very good production values, including animation and underwater camera angles. The last half of the video also contains diagnostics for common mistakes, and teaches you how to instruct others on doing the roll.

It was mostly filmed in a slow-moving river with whitewater kayaks, but also shows some sea-kayak-specific scenes, and the whole video applies to either form of kayaking. It even has some pretty amazing footage of kayakers riding some pretty serious ocean surf.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Kayak Roll, September 25, 2002

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G. Baldwin (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Kayak Roll [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Simply stated, if you want to learn how to roll a WW kayak, go no further than this video. It breaks down the roll into its component parts, both for instruction before the fact and diagnosis & corrections after the fact. It pinpoints all the little nuances of this necessary WW skill, right down to hand and eye positions, and does so in a fashion that is upbeat and inspiring. You want to run right out to the pool and practice!That the video features average people - not kayak superstars - permits the viewer to relate to each scene. My fiance and I both learned to roll 100% from viewing this video, over and over. We continue to use it as a reference tool, and have lent it to other people wanting to get into WW kayaking. Buy it - it's cheaper than a... private lesson, and just as effective, since you can repeat it as often as you want/need.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It works, May 23, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: The Kayak Roll [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I spent MONTHS trying to learn the C-to-C roll, including classes, books and pool practice sessions. At best my roll was 50/50. I got this video, which teaches the sweep roll as opposed to the C-to-C roll, and after really studying it (i.e., watching attentively at least 5 times, all the way through), I was able to successfully do a sweep roll on only my second attempt, and it's only been getting better since then. This video is a good explanation of a good technique for rolling the kayak.