CGR is rolling!

kayakerjnj · Post by **kayakerjnj** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 6:57 am

Good News, Happy News should travel fast!

Chris made a bunch of rolls last night in the pool session in Middleboro!

Congratulations to Chris!

norm · Post by **norm** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:56 am

Congratulations Chris! Hope I can join the ranks of the "rollers" this year. Wish I could make it to some of these pool sessions...can't wait to get back on the water.

Norm

noseykate · Post by **noseykate** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:57 am

Awesome, Chris! Which boat were you using? What kind of roll? And just exactly how cool did it feel to pop up unaided??!! Your determination is paying off.

It's gonna be a fun kayak season.

NK

cgr · Post by **cgr** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:24 am

I was in the Tempest, and Jordan had me trying a sweep with an extended paddle. I used his WW paddle at first and then my aquabound. After switching back to my paddle I realized how much flex is in the blades.

Still have to work on my hip snap & timing. And if it fails I have trouble getting things setup again. The blades of my paddle are white so it's hard to see if the blades oriented correctly against the roof of the pool. So I have to run my hand up to the blade and back. I may try to put a strip of tape on the face of the blade and see if that helps(but I should be able to do it without seeing it).

Thanks for the help Jordan!

Todd · Post by **Todd** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:47 am

Congrats Chris and Jordan. Nice job to both of you.

Birdseye · Post by **Birdseye** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:50 am

Congrats Chris. You definitely have determination.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:28 am

Awesome, Chris! Time to pass on the "self-righting kayak" to somebody else! :lol:

NorwayLady · Post by **NorwayLady** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 1:44 pm

Way cool, Chris! Congratulations!

NorwayLady

KEN H.(KAYAK KEN) · Post by **KEN H.(KAYAK KEN)** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:42 pm

Brilliant, now you can teach me! Congrats Chris! On a scale from one to ten, how hard would you say the process was to this point?

cgr · Post by **cgr** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:30 pm

KEN H.(KAYAK KEN) wrote:Brilliant, now you can teach me! Congrats Chris! On a scale from one to ten, how hard would you say the process was to this point?

There are many others here who can you teach you! As far as the difficulty; it is still there; but I know that it is possible for me now. The classes were a big part, I'm sure that I could have gotten similar results eventually at Hanson or Hingham with the help of some of the great paddlers here. The pool does make it easier to concentrate on what you're trying to do.

I bought a couple of videos over the past month or two - "The Kayak Roll" - which teaches a sweep roll & the one the Kate recommended "EJ's Rolling & Bracing". This one presented bracing in a different way than I'd seen before.
I'll usually watch one of them during a workout and hope that some of seeps in. If anyone wants to borrow one let me know.

But I think that sticking the "self-righting kayak" mojo in the dayhatch was the key.

Who wants it next?

bikepete · Post by **bikepete** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:11 am

Congrats, Chris! That boat does so like to roll...

Don't know if anyone is interested...but the EMS kayak school is doing a roll class down at the YMCA in Hyannis in mid March.

Johnysmoke · Post by **Johnysmoke** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 2:11 pm

Congrats!

KEN H.(KAYAK KEN) · Post by **KEN H.(KAYAK KEN)** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:39 pm

I'm in the market for the mo-jo

cgr · Post by **cgr** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:53 pm

KEN H.(KAYAK KEN) wrote:I'm in the market for the mo-jo

You are the next caretaker. It works better than burying a statue of St Joseph[1]when you're trying to sell a house!

[1] He isn't just the patron saint of aspirin for children.
http://www.luckymojo.com/saintjoseph.html