Forward Stroke Your Workhorse Stroke for Getting from Point A to B The Forward Stroke is one of the most important strokes for learning to separate your head, paddle, boat, and body and begin to have control over them for all situations. The Drill- 100 Forward Strokes...
Phase 6: The “Intuitive Roll”- roll from any position without going to home base. Most kayakers never try to get to this stage in their roll, which is too bad, because it is fun, and a logical next step, and also safer and more effective, if you get there. If...
This is one of the steps that 90% of kayakers who learn the roll, never practice, and it is the reason for most of the underwater panicky feelings that kayakers get, and consequently, most swims. Why? Because, when you learn to roll, you want to practice it and...
Learning to roll from “set-up” position or Home Base: • Home base is the industry standard “best practice” place to begin an Eskimo roll. It is where your paddle is parallel to the boat on the left side of the boat for right-handers, and on the right side for...
KC Jackson showing off his Phase 3 with Cheryl Hullings watching. PHASE 3 is Just you, the paddle, the boat, and the roll… however, you are going to tip over in “roll position” which is better said as “brace position”. This means that your...
PHASE 2: The hip-snap using your paddle on something solid – After you are good at Phase 1, hip-snapping with your hands on something solid it is time to practice doing it with your paddle. The concept is the same and the only difference is that you will hold...
