Comments on: you don’t need to roll, but. . . http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/03/27/you-dont-need-to-roll-but/ Tilting At Waves Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:23:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Rowland Woollven http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/03/27/you-dont-need-to-roll-but/comment-page-1/#comment-3987 Rowland Woollven Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:11:59 +0000 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/03/27/you-dont-need-to-roll-but/#comment-3987 Isn't the real question not 'why learn to roll?' but rather 'why not learn to roll?'... Isn’t the real question not ‘why learn to roll?’ but rather ‘why not learn to roll?’…

]]> By: derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/03/27/you-dont-need-to-roll-but/comment-page-1/#comment-3982 derrick Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:07:41 +0000 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/03/27/you-dont-need-to-roll-but/#comment-3982 Great post Dave! Kellie, you make a very important point. For many people being upside down and feeling "trapped" are real fears that folks need to over come. As you mention, after a hundred wet exits or so, you tend to get over it! :) Great post Dave!

Kellie, you make a very important point. For many people being upside down and feeling “trapped” are real fears that folks need to over come. As you mention, after a hundred wet exits or so, you tend to get over it! :)

]]> By: silbs http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/03/27/you-dont-need-to-roll-but/comment-page-1/#comment-3981 silbs Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:38:33 +0000 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/03/27/you-dont-need-to-roll-but/#comment-3981 Nice post, Derrick. I believe that most tip overs are due to a paddler not being relaxed enough to let the boat do its thing. They tighten up when the conditions get worse. Being able to roll takes some of that away. A paddler with a reliable (more or less) roll is less fearful of tipping. This results in a more relaxed attitude. I think that most will agree that they began gong over far fewer times after learning to roll. Nice post, Derrick. I believe that most tip overs are due to a paddler not being relaxed enough to let the boat do its thing. They tighten up when the conditions get worse. Being able to roll takes some of that away. A paddler with a reliable (more or less) roll is less fearful of tipping. This results in a more relaxed attitude. I think that most will agree that they began gong over far fewer times after learning to roll.

]]> By: Kellie http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/03/27/you-dont-need-to-roll-but/comment-page-1/#comment-3979 Kellie Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:55:47 +0000 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/03/27/you-dont-need-to-roll-but/#comment-3979 I chose my kayak because I thought I could learn how to roll it (the other kayak under consideration was built like a nice big bathtub). When I bought it, I was told that it would be extremely difficult, that I would never need to roll it since I mainly wanted to paddle in small, local lakes and that rolling a fully loaded kayak was near impossible. Finally, I said I just want to do it to prove that I can... Being upside down underwater was terrifying at first...and it's disorienting. But after the first 100 wet exits it gets better. I haven't rolled yet, but at times have come oh so close. I really appreciate the club member who has been teaching me. He hasn't given up either, which means a lot! I've decided it's best not to mention learning to hand roll in the future, at least until rolling with the paddle has actually happened and become reliable. Things have been much better since I tried a little cockpit customization with minicell foam. Plus - what better thing to do in the Midwest, in the winter, in a nice warm pool filled with fellow boaters? So get started! I chose my kayak because I thought I could learn how to roll it (the other kayak under consideration was built like a nice big bathtub). When I bought it, I was told that it would be extremely difficult, that I would never need to roll it since I mainly wanted to paddle in small, local lakes and that rolling a fully loaded kayak was near impossible. Finally, I said I just want to do it to prove that I can…

Being upside down underwater was terrifying at first…and it’s disorienting. But after the first 100 wet exits it gets better.

I haven’t rolled yet, but at times have come oh so close. I really appreciate the club member who has been teaching me. He hasn’t given up either, which means a lot! I’ve decided it’s best not to mention learning to hand roll in the future, at least until rolling with the paddle has actually happened and become reliable. Things have been much better since I tried a little cockpit customization with minicell foam.

Plus – what better thing to do in the Midwest, in the winter, in a nice warm pool filled with fellow boaters? So get started!

]]> By: Dave O http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/03/27/you-dont-need-to-roll-but/comment-page-1/#comment-3978 Dave O Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:23:28 +0000 http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2008/03/27/you-dont-need-to-roll-but/#comment-3978 Nicely put on the 'to roll or not to roll; that is the question' debate. The key point ,in my opinion, was why not learn something? I posted on the guy in the link on the Chippewa River yesterday also http://gitcheegumeeguy.blogspot.com/ and had he been able to roll or wet exit/reenter he would have not been in the paper. In the cold water we paddle in around these parts in the Great Lakes states, its tough to figure out why people pass on learning to roll, especially in the summer when the inland lake are at 80F. And it really is fun! Nicely put on the ‘to roll or not to roll; that is the question’ debate. The key point ,in my opinion, was why not learn something? I posted on the guy in the link on the Chippewa River yesterday also http://gitcheegumeeguy.blogspot.com/ and had he been able to roll or wet exit/reenter he would have not been in the paper. In the cold water we paddle in around these parts in the Great Lakes states, its tough to figure out why people pass on learning to roll, especially in the summer when the inland lake are at 80F. And it really is fun!

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