How to Roll Your Kayak - Pro Advice on Rolling
Published 2023-04-05
If you have any questions, please feel free to post in the comments. There's a lot more on the way and in the works at this very moment. There are times when I accentuate movements to make a point or to make them more visible... the goal is for this to be a video you can learn from.
Also, huge thanks to Katherine for volunteering to make common mistakes on video for this one... her roll is actually really great!
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All Comments (21)
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Some people are naturally good at explaining things and this guy is one of them.
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Having taught the roll myself to numerous people, I can definitely say that all the key details to learning to roll are given here, good job !
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Excellent! I've seen so many instructors let students fail and flail, never making that connection about building muscle memory based on successful rolling rather than failing to roll. Well done, well articulated.
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Very good, thanks! After paddling for 25 five years, still learning little tricks to make my role better. You have alot of good teaching experience, its obvious in your videos. Thanks a bunch!
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I think this is the best how to roll your kayak video . Thank you.
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And I thought I knew everything about rolling, wow such detailed list of technical aspects, thank you so much!
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Great video. May I also recommend getting into your boat on a nice grassy lawn. Great place to start learning and perfecting your hip snap. Any you roll back up, try dragging your hair across the lawn. Also, in the water, you can tell the first time you get the hip snap. You may find yourself not stopping and going over the other way!
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Superb explanation of how to learn to roll with confidence! It is a really nice feeling when you feel your kayak rolling smoothly upright during a smooth hip flick movement. Very much appreciated!
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This is Korea. I'm learning kayaking. Your video helped me a lot. Thank you!!
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Thank you so much. I left my roll in a shuttle vehicle a while back and couldn’t find it. A couple of things you said made sense and helped get me out of these bad habits. A big one was leaning too far forward! I don’t know how that became my position but it was breaking my roll. I owe you a beer if you are ever on the Eagle river. Cheers
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This is easily one of the best instructional vids I've watched. Trying to roll past year, slowly coming together 👊 I never factored tension in til now. Thank you.
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Hey thanks for the great video. I sent this to my friend prior to his first day. After working on hip snaps and T rescues, he was able to roll on his first attempt.
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Excellent explanation of the technique. Definitely the best overall presentation that is easy to follow
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Great introduction to the roll video. That no hands roll was super impressive. I have a decent on and offside roll and my next goal is the hand roll. I had not seen a no hands roll before. Now I have yet another thing to add to the list.
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Just wanna reach out to Boyd at Send school and say thank you your video has been super helpful Due to ur video I was able to self teach myself the brace and now going for lessons on the roll this winter
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Fantastisk could not be explained any better, best I have seen
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Boyd very nicely said and looking forward to seeing the other videos and you are right the more relaxed you are the easier it is
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Really great video. Very easy to understand. You seem like a great teacher
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Fantastic! Thank you. This guy really knows his stuff.
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I can't wait for the hand roll video! I want to be able to do that hand roll with no hands. A no-hand roll I guess?
