great instructions on how my rolls have been stalling. i learned the CtoC once with an instructor 10 yrs ago. Just got back into kayaking and have been trying to roll. Have also had a partner in water for safety. The idea of using a blow up cushion is so simple and obvious that its genius! Can really help to regain some breath and strength between attempts.

I have completed a few rolls, but other times I've failed. I never understood the exact process and thought my paddle wasn't giving me enough push. I am glad to have found this video and appreciate the outlining of what hip snap is actually accomplishing. Thank you so much. You may have potentially saved me from drowning myself.

the perspective on rolling in the first minute alone is the best description I've heard so far.

It still is one of the best videos on KZread explaining the roll

Wow! I like the floatation training device. Going to try this Friday-- Great video!

Great instructive video! I appreciate the breakdown of the replays!

Great explanation and illustration on hip snap. The use of a floatation device for practice is excellent advice. Thanks!

Gracias. Using paddle float is really a new help to learn the roll phases.

Great video has helped me to understand why my roll doesn't always work.

@oregonxyz

6 жыл бұрын

I watch my paddle while under water - then hip snap when it gets to perpendicular from the boat - I then keep my head down, and lean back a little toward the stern while my body comes up, head stays down another key is how you hold the paddle - make sure the blade is angled to stay high in the water, and not go down deep - again watching the paddle blade helps do it enough and it becomes ingrained - I took my boat out today to practice - after not being in it for 5+ yrs - I hit every roll on a flat pond for practice but I am not good in the river - that takes a few days of intentionally dumping in rapids and practicing getting up

I've seen a lot of videos made by a lot of instructors on how to roll properly. This one is the only one that I've seen that suggests using an inflatable pillow to practice. I like this. It is a way to teach the role that I haven't seen or thought of.

I have rolled a kayak hundreds of times and am still working on my roll. I never thought of the inflatable device for the hip snap. If you don't have the hip snap you wil never have a bombproof roll. Excellent video and I am trying the inflatable device idea. You should be able to hand roll after using it. Thank you

@whitewaterdreams

7 жыл бұрын

Indeed, you should have a hand roll! Slowly take air away from the float and eventually you will only be relying on the technique!

good stuff - hoping i'll get this before I hit some class 2's the weekend

Great video - thanks for posting.

It's a Jackson Happy Thruster, and they're pretty expensive honestly. A 99₵ beach ball works just as well. Make sure it is at least a 24" beach ball though, as you won't want to fully inflate it. The excess that is not inflated can be used to hold on to.

Great video. My roll is pretty solid, but pretty unconventional at the same time. I rely too much on the paddle. Will concentrate more on the hip snap.

im always bringing my head up first this was a great video

Hey, where did you get the Hedgehog Dilemma music? I've scoured the internet but cannot find those two songs by them.

Nicely explained ..thanks

What is the balloon type thing he has? And where can i get one?

Very informative, thanks!

really nice introduction

Thanks for the awesome vid!

Great video, the humming in the background made me think my breathing was fucked up though😂😂

Good going! Here is my roll attempt: Kayak pool excercise in Helsinki 2014

Using the paddle float as a training tool is a great idea.

@whitewaterdreams

7 жыл бұрын

It's a huge help, word of caution though, don't be tempted to fix it on the end of the paddle blade. The extra leverage you gain develops a reliance on leverage that eventually will not be there. The idea is that the float is a training tool to "work out" the muscles that need the work.

@toonbaars9530

7 жыл бұрын

knap jo

Informative, thanx..

How does the 2 techniques shown compare to the Norwegian roll? Where you lean back over your rear deck in the finish of the roll?

@whitewaterdreams

2 жыл бұрын

These use "hip-snaps" while the roll you speak of is less driven by the oblique crunch in a hip snap. Lower center of gravity helps with the roll too but can be less than ideal in a whitewater venue.

this is at thw whitewater center

Great! Thanks

Would like to know some exercises used by paddlers/kayakers to strengthen obliques

@whitewaterdreams

2 жыл бұрын

You can Google and turn up a ton of results. But kayaking in itself is helpful for it. Check out our other video Warmups for Freestyle kayaking. A lot of those drills are great for oblique strengthening while simultaneously working smaller stabilizer muscles.

What do you mean wirh the last section of a late hip snap or past the hip axis? Does this mean you're leaning back past the perpendicular angle whrre your body should be relative to the boat. Other than leaning slightly back it looks like you followed the other tips you mentioned? Thanks

@BalthazarMyrrh70

Ай бұрын

Not sure on this one, but on another it said the paddle sweep shouldn't extend past the hip or it will effectively work against you & pull you back down?

very good technics, i failed all the time as a beginner.

@whitewaterdreams

7 жыл бұрын

We all did!

I like video friend 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Another tip: get rid of loud distracting background music.

Head up last is the most common mistake I would believe. was for me

@whitewaterdreams

7 жыл бұрын

The head up is not necessarily the root of the problem, but is definitely the focus that people fixate on. When the spine straightens instead of stays curved it has an effect on the lower portion of the body. It "bricks" the body as opposed to allowing the muscles to fire in sequence. You can actually pick your head up as long as you keep the proper sequence in the lower body into your spine! Long story short, focusing on the head is a "trick" that gets many to work proper muscle firing.

@wjennin1

6 жыл бұрын

I like how you described this. People always ask me "how do you roll well even though your head comes up?" I just tell them it is about how your spine is interacting with your hips and not actually about what your head does. Technically, if you paid enough attention to your hips and lower back, you could probably pull off a roll with your head touching your topside shoulder (left shoulder for a roll with the right hand closest to the bow in setup) the entire time. People talk about separating the upper body from the lower body for rolling. You could just as easily separate the head from the rest of the upper body if you worked on it enough.