by Christopher Crowhurst | Feb 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
If you are like me, looking to improve your rolling, you may find the answer in yoga. Through my yoga practice, I have become a more naturally fluid roller. My body moves, stretches and bends in ways that help facilitate safe, powerful and graceful rolling. Yoga is...
by Christopher Crowhurst | Dec 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
I tend to spend my winters building kayaks and rolling indoors. This year more building than rolling. However, I had a brief moment today to put together a rolling list to help me remember what to practice. Too many times I have been practicing and completely forgot...
by Christopher Crowhurst | Jul 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
I help a lot of people learn how to roll their kayak. Many people come to a mentoring session and leave having completed a dozen or so rolls that they never dreamed they could do successfully. Many people come back to their next session saying their rolls vanished as...
by Christopher Crowhurst | Jun 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
$350 and a ball of string I completed the Shrike Skin qajaq project in time for my wife and my annual spring trip to the North Shore. The North Shore is the local’s term for the Minnesota Western shore of Lake Superior, and is home to a large number of State Parks and...
by Christopher Crowhurst | Feb 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
Independent of the style of kayak rolling you partake in it is very helpful to have a kayak that fits you. Kayaks roll because we apply force to the kayak through the connection between our body and the hull and deck, and this force is resisted by the opposite force...
