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I migrated my RSS feed to Feedburner to fix the issues I had previously with my broken feed. Feedburner provides an email subscription capability which I have now linked to through my "Find me here" section on the right of the blog, you can also sign up here to...

A collection of forward finishing Greenland kayak rolls

Forward Finishing Rolls from Christopher Crowhurst on Vimeo.

A worthy addition to the paddle collection

Thus weekend I got to try out the Root Beer paddle. I originally commissioned it from Novorca to see what effect it would have on low angled paddling, I found that my 86 inch Greenland paddle was too short to generate sufficient power at low angles, and so the 90 inch...

New RSS feed

MikeJ pointed out to me that my RSS feed was broken, as a result I have revamped my feeds and am moving to one consolidated feed http://feeds.feedburner.com/QajaqRolls please update your feedreader appropriately as the old one will die in 30 days. The link on the...

Breakthroughs in forward finishing rolls

First let me say I take no credit for this success, Dan Segal provided me the insights and guidance that led to the breakthroughs.Dan pointed out to me that I was way too comfortable executing my storm roll, I was able to easily do it and as a result had become...

Girls learn the Greenland Static Brace

Today at the lake I had some breakthroughs, more on that later when I can edit the video. Before the day was over both girls decided they wanted to have a go, but neither wanted to roll instead they each learned to do the static brace.They both (Katelyn 12 and Emma...

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Qajaq Rolls is dedicated to passing on the traditional art of Greenland kayaking. Greenland kayak rolling can be a relaxing, yoga-like exercise. Rolling is also a tremendously valuable self-rescue technique, and should be the go-to recovery for any serious kayaker. Greenland kayak rolls are steeped in the history of the Inuit people, whose very survival depended upon their ability to roll up and recover while hunting. But Greenland kayaking encompasses much more than just rolling, qajaq building, paddle carving, throwing the harpoon and rope gymnastics are just some of the many skills that make up this ancient subsistence culture. If you are interested in learning more about all aspects of Greenland kayaking consider supporting Qajaq USA and Qaannat Katuffiat:

Qajaq USA is a nonprofit membership organization that is officially recognized by Qaannat Kattuffiat (The Greenland Kayaking Association). Qajaq USA is committed to supporting Qaannat Kattuffiat and their efforts to preserve, study and promote the traditions and techniques of Greenland kayaking while seeking to further the appreciation and development of Greenland-style kayaking in the United States.
Please consider joining Qajaq USA and supporting the organizations efforts.

If you are looking to prepare yourself your equipment and then learn your first roll please follow this link to a series of articles put together to help people get started: Getting your first roll. Nothing beats in person training, especially one-on-one training. If you are looking for mentoring check out the Qajaq USA Events where you can become immersed in the culture of traditional paddling.

Free Guidebook and DVD

Rolling with Sticks® started as a project to document the progress I was making as I learned the different Greenland style kayak rolls. This work evolved into the water proof guidebook and DVD. The project has paid for the costs of production so I decided to make them freely available for download in English, español – Spanish and 中文 – Chinese. Please download and share them with your paddling friends, and help to promote the art of Greenland rolling.