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You never can be too prepared

My ShredReady Halfcut helmet arrived today, apparently it matches my shirt and tie 😉 Now I have protection from the Nerf darts in the office, and the sea caves in the Apostles.

Temporal Variations for Oboe & Strings

This evening we had the pleasure of attending the first performance in North America of Benjamin Britten's Temporal Variations for Oboe & Strings. It was performed by the Greater Grand Forks Symphony, with Philip McKenzie on oboe. Philip is the boy friend of a...

Mobile blogging

As always happens to me, I am getting very excited about the upcoming kayak camping trip. One of the things I want to try this year is blogging while on the trip. Two possibilities exist, email based blogging, and iPad based blogging. I know that on a couple of the...

Driving to North Dakota

It rained, it snowed, it was flat, it was windy.Driving hard down I94 with the lights out

Apostle Island Ice Conditions 3.31.11

Image from NOAA Coast Watch

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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.