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The Kayaker's Edge : Dynamic Whitewater Instruction [VHS]

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This is an old school training video, but the concepts are still valid. The boats may be a bit larger, however, when learning the strokes and carves this is where you will find the tactics.

This video covers the roll too. Sweep and C-to-C. Not in depth, but enough to study from. It also covers eddy turns and peel outs as well as carving and other necessary techniques.

Just beyond the very basics of sitting in the darned boat, Kent Ford's video was quite helpful to me a few years back. Returning from an intro to white water kayaking clinic, this video provided plenty of basic river reading and playing skills: entering and exiting eddies, nailing that roll and slidding onto surfing waves. It's not substitute for hands-on training. But it's the kind of video you can watch in pieces -- week nights -- and then hit the water on and work on these basics on the weekends. And, it's fun.