Ken Whiting's "Rolling a Kayak" fulfills a need recognised by paddling instructors, store owners, and enthusiasts seeking a clear and comprehensive guide to rolling a kayak. A fantastic instructional tool designed for use by beginners and intermediate paddlers looking for more advance rolling techniques. Covering a range of techniques, the full-color photos, clear explanations, and solid advice from one of the world's leading kayak instructors makes this book the perfect resource for any kayaker. The 'Eskimo' roll is one of the most revered paddling techniques and as long as you don't mind getting your head wet, you can learn to do it! You'll learn: about the equipment; the fundamental skills; the standard C-to-C, Sweep and Pawlata rolls; tips for teaching the roll; offside, hand, back deck, and dry head rolls; rolling in rough water; and, common errors and their solutions.
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For the past twelve years World Champion kayaker, Ken Whiting, has shared his enthusiasm and passion through his teaching, and through his production of ten best-selling, award-winning instructional books and DVDs on the sport of kayaking.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Rolling fundamentals well presented,
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Wanting to learn kayak rolling. I bought this book to help me better understand the various positions in a roll. Having read the book, I feel I have a better understanding of the various positions one must take to prepare and begin the roll.
The book is big on pictures and little on text. Guidance is simple and to the point. Not a lot of time spent on unnecessary words. The book photographically walks through several different types of rolls. I think those who can learn this type of thing from a book will find it useful.
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Best rolling guide ever,
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Ken's book had just what I needed for bringing by roll up to snuff. My formerly bombproof roll in a displacement kayak was inconsistent in the newer boats. Ken's book's "debugging" tips helped me understand what aspects of my form were off and restore effectiveness and confidence. Especially in todays boats you need to lean and twist out much more lean forward. I've got a number of kayak books. This is the best info on rolling anywhere, especially for playboaters and surf kayakers.
My only suggestion would be to put a bit more emphasis on "cocking the wrists in" to the section on "blade dives during sweep".
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When learning to roll, the equipment that you use will have a significant bearing on your success. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
underwater forward stroke, right your kayak, back deck roll, offside roll, extended paddle roll, sculling brace, hip snap, kayak upright, active blade, sculling draw, thigh hooks, bracing power, sweep roll, climbing angle, right the kayak, high brace, low brace, paddle float, wet exit, boat upright, paddle blade, whitewater kayakers, natural roll, right blade, torso rotation Browse Sample Pages:
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When learning to roll, the equipment that you use will have a significant bearing on your success. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
underwater forward stroke, right your kayak, back deck roll, offside roll, extended paddle roll, sculling brace, hip snap, kayak upright, active blade, sculling draw, thigh hooks, bracing power, sweep roll, climbing angle, right the kayak, high brace, low brace, paddle float, wet exit, boat upright, paddle blade, whitewater kayakers, natural roll, right blade, torso rotation Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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