by Christopher Crowhurst | Aug 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
When I first learned to hand roll it was a marginal affair. If the wind was blowing from the west. If the stars aligned. And if I remembered all of my move then maybe, just maybe, the roll would work. I used momentum and a lot of arm muscle to force the kayak to roll...
by Christopher Crowhurst | Aug 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
The Greenlandic name for this roll “Paatip Kallua Tuermillugu Illuinnarmik” literally means “using only one arm, with the paddle touching the shoulder”. This far more accurately describes the roll than the modern English name. This roll has...
by Christopher Crowhurst | Aug 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
Siukkut tunusummillugu means forward, touching one’s neck. The forward refers to the fact you roll face first into the water. Its quite committing when you do it the first time. The paddle hooked over the hull really locks you into doing a full face plant. This...
by Christopher Crowhurst | Aug 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
The forward finishing clenched fist roll is perhaps one of the hardest forward finishing roll to execute. A good progression to get to this roll is the Storm roll, the forward finish norsaq rolls, and then the forward finishing hand roll. I was delighted when I got...
by Christopher Crowhurst | Aug 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
Yesterday sucked. It is undeniably the worse day of every year. Well at least the past 6 years. It is the end of Emma’s summer visitation with us. I took her to the airport and put her on her flight out east. I had decided prior to yesterday that going rolling would...
