Hi

im new to kayaking...

i was just wondering how do you do that roll...when your capsized in the water

many thanks...

Joe

G'day Joe. mate your best bet is to sign up for profesional lesson with a qualified instructor. i don't know about you but i am a vissual person and i pick things up better when i actualy see it first hand. so i don't think it being writen out for you here would help you. also a insrtuctor will be able to teach you not only how to roll but more importantly when to roll. as you can see by the question that is posted on this site a good roll is great but if you don't know when is a good time to exicute it you can end up with a serious injury like a shoulder dislocation. i would get my self affiliated with my local club of paddlers mate thats my advice.

Hi Joe,

We prepared this page for our beginning kayak students coming to Chile who want to learn the Kayak Roll. We teach five different types of rolls. All five are described and explained with video demonstrations of each.

I hope this helps:

www.exchile.com/KayakSchoolRollIdentifier.htm

Chris Spelius

cheers guys...

next time its a calm day i will try some of these techniques...

i have'nt had the time yet...its always been a bit rough so its been hard to learn the rolls...

i have done kayaking before but on a sit-on-top kayak...so i think its jus getting used to this one now...

i have learnt most the basics but not the rolls...

so ye thanks anyway i will be looking at them vids alot...

Joe:D

Join a club, they will have qualified instructors who will be willing to help.

ye was thinking of doing that...

im one of those people that will teach my self...from looking at the videos it doesnt seem that hard...you just need the technique...

anyway thanks...

im going to give it a go not this weekend but next...

where im going there are alot of kayakers that go there so if i get stuck i will just ask one of them...

thanks again...

This is one of the best explanations I have come across.

Thanks Chris Spelius.

Twist and Slice Roll Identifier

A kayaking club or profeshnal instructor is the way to go.
If thats not an option work on your low brace, then the high brace & then grab EJ's rolling and braceing DVD.

Good Luck

Thanks guys...all this will help...

i looked into my local kayaking club last night...and found out it's only £2 a sesion so think i might be going there next monday if i am struggling with it this weekend...

it sounds like there are alot of different rolls...

whats the most common one used in the sea...when your surfing etc?

thanks Joe

exchile wrote:

Hi Joe,

We prepared this page for our beginning kayak students coming to Chile who want to learn the Kayak Roll. We teach five different types of rolls. All five are described and explained with video demonstrations of each.

I hope this helps:

www.exchile.com/KayakSchoolRollIdentifier.htm

Chris Spelius

Checked the link, visioned all videos, found them to be very helpful and interesting to see all the different rolls...

Thanks

Alex.

I wouldn't learn it yourself, because if you mess up, which you will in the beginning, you'll have to bail, and learning it will take ages.
Like the people before me, a qualified instructor and Eskimo rescuing are the way forward. Good luck

hey guys i have a dagger zydeco 9.0 as long as i have a good spray skirt can i roll it pretty easily?

I think that is a touring kayak. Listen you can roll any boat that you can get control of through thigh hooks, straps, or knee braces. IF you kness are not splayed very wide a roll like the back deck or Twist and Slice roll works better if the knees are not locked down through a high perfomance thigh brace.

Any of these rolls if done correctly will work well. Do not blame any problems on the type of roll but on how you are doing it.


If you local high school band plays bad music do not blame it Mozart. They will still mess up Beethoven.

www.exchile.com/KayakSchoolRollIdentifier.htm

Get a good spray skirt and outfit the boat so you feel attached and have control of it side to side stability. YEAH I just looked at the photo of the boat. There is no reason one can not roll that kayak following the above advice.

I am surprised I had not heard of that kayak as I used to be a design consultant for Dagger.

Chris Spelius

www.kayakchile.com

ye...
i have mastered some basic rolls now...
when i first got my kayak i didnt know it had some thigh braces but by accident i realised it did...
now i can lock my self in, in rough seas etc...and find it easier to do rolls now...gonna get loads of new stuff soon for me kayak...paddle new skirt etc...

cheers

Joe...

you were a design consultant? thats awesome im about to go off to college and im looking at some sort of design as a career possibly even kayak design what type of work did you do?

I helped design and consult on the Response, the crossfire, outburst, transition, rpm, and redline. These were in the stone ages but a time of rapid evolution towards boats that we see on the rivers now days.

I think if you are a fanatic kayaker and have a degree in industrial design you will find a job.

chris

thats awesome man thanks

Hi Joe
the easyiest way i found to learn to roll is to try and join a local kayak club.
the instructors there should teach u haw to do it or try and get acces to a pool if you can
what u do is you capsize bring your paddle out flick and push down on the paddle.
watch this video i think it explains it quite well

good luck

Charles