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Is a no-hand roll possible? Like just using the momentum of going under combined with the hip snap?

Oh good…glad I’m not the only one spinning around in circles their first time in a WW boat lol

Great video, there's so much to unpack! I'm sure I'll be watching this video many times in the next few weeks while starting to teach. Thanks for sharing! :)

There are zero "smooth rocks" in Idaho. It's all boat destroying volcanic rock.

I would never try floating over a hole in a box boat, but I do have an Indra which h as a slicey tail.

What of yak wool? It's supposedly better than merino.

The big risk is NOT hypothermia. It's cold water shock which paralyzes you. It takes a while to get hypothermia.. At least that is true in the west during early season snow melt run off.

Superb explanation of how to learn to roll with confidence! It is a really nice feeling when you feel your kayak rolling smoothly upright during a smooth hip flick movement. Very much appreciated!

Might need a ankle bracelet like a surfer 🏄

Boyd, Nice one! If I may ask, how do you secure your earplugs? To your helmet? And which are these?

Great video, Boyd! Love this series!

Great content Boyd!

This is a very practical aspect of the roll . In normal situations you often are in shallow water making the roll nigh on impossible. Good video

If you stop the loud noise from from the unnecessary intro I might watch the video. You are not making a universal movie . Just cut to the chase . The thumbnail is enough

Love the content as usual but I did have a question about it: I’ve had an instance on a manky SE creek, South Sauty, where I was trying to dry bow everything. I ended up shooting right over a hole but landed directly into an FU rock hidden under the water with all of that momentum and flipped super fast. I was like inches away from destroying my face on a rock. Any advice on when to use the dry bow paddling and then when to maybe be a little more conservative in maintaining a strong stance without exaggerated movements to make braces more effective? Or, which this could be likely too, did I just have bad from in the dry bow paddling and end up leaning too far back or something? What I’m currently thinking is to use dry bow paddling for a planned purpose like on the side seam of a tongue to dodge a beefy hole in bigger water, and maybe paddle a little more conservative in something super manky. Thanks as always and keep it up!

When I'm dealing with the fear,I stand at the obstacles and reason with myself. Have I done bigger or harder, will I lose life or limb? Am I near help. Then, the most important thing I ask is, HOW DO I FEEL AT THIS VERY MOMENT!!! AFTER THAT I NOTICED I PULLED OUT ALL MY HAIR SO I GO FOR IT.. YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE.

The other thing I learned about keeping the head down in my class, was that it prevented me from “over rolling” and flipping back over to other side.

When I took a class on rolling a sea kayak, they emphasized that the setup with the kayak paddle out the water, was also a safety signal to other that your are kayaking with that you are using okay.

I finally decided to pull the trigger on the Flow. I like my Antix 2 a lot, but, with my intermediate level skills I wanted something with a little more volume for the class III creeks, especially when paddling less familiar runs.

Good video too meany people think of edging as just side to side

Been struck by blind panic, and was helped by the instructor very well. For years I worked at handling that fear through paddling circumstances I dared to take on. On our main river, the Waal (the Rhine), and on big flatwater. To challenge myself, to overcome tresholds in trusting my skills. At age 67 I started my white water career only on condition that I learned a reliable roll. Did that pay off! After two seasons including lessons in the French Alpes, white water is my passion. Over time, the horror of my fear has made me happier than I could ever imagine.

I have a boat that I started in and it came to me without a drain plug, and after some time I realized that wondering around put-in, looking for the right size stick helped more and more calm me down and get centered.

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Hi Boyd, thanks for putting this out. Can you expand a bit more on how and when to use quadrant edging in some real life examples in a river runner? Thanks again!

Thanks for the info!

Nice one, Boyd, thanks for making these videos! I am assuming you always wear elbow pads under your dry tops then.... Any suggestions on whats a good pick? I am assuming something low profile...

Hey thanks for making these videos. Have been paddling rec boats for a few years and I'm moving into whitewater boats. Trying to make sure I have the right strokes to be successful

This started as an experiment for me but now I'm legit studying it. Thank you for the video!

Great tutorial

Thank you so much. I left my roll in a shuttle vehicle a while back and couldn’t find it. A couple of things you said made sense and helped get me out of these bad habits. A big one was leaning too far forward! I don’t know how that became my position but it was breaking my roll. I owe you a beer if you are ever on the Eagle river. Cheers

Thank you so much. I left my roll in a shuttle vehicle a while back and couldn’t find it. A couple of things you said made sense and helped get me out of these bad habits. A big one was leaning too far forward! I don’t know how that became my position but it was breaking my roll. I owe you a beer if you are ever on the Eagle river. Cheers

Glad you made this video. It's something I've been doing more the past year, and automatic this season. Soo good!

"while obviously not a good forward stroke" feels like im being directly called out, and we've not even paddled together 😂

Great video! I was just learning this at Paddle School this year. Jet ferrying across the current at Three Chutes on the Hiwassee I noticed how dry my bow was as it climbed up and over the whitewater. Thanks for posting about this more in depth!

Great tutorial, thank you Boyd!

Hey man! You're the perfect teacher. I love your videos. You asked for ideas. 🙏 I see the lock-in as the necessary beginning of "wearing your boat" (as opposed to sitting in it). The other part is what one does when locked in. Kayakers need to acquire conditioned responses for stabilizing which allow them to deal with turbulent water flow around their boats without necessarily having to explicitly think much about it. I think that kayakers need to relegate a part of their brains to the task of stabilization. Core muscles (for boat edge, balance, and for transmitting the power of strokes), and a complete repertoire of strokes (including draw strokes and hybrids with other strokes and with brace) can be somewhat relegated to the background of the brain. With that skill he can have very good automatic responses in turbulence and he can also better think higher level thoughts, such as where he's trying to go, etc. A person can practice relegating stabilization skills to the background by intentionally dwelling a little in squirrally water (foregoing hard forward stroking through it), as he dares. He can also find times to challenge himself in flatwater (including pool sessions) by just using the back of his brain to throw imagined situations at himself, intentionally losing balance with various body positions, etc, and responding with strokes & braces. Maybe you have other/more ideas.

These videos are great, I'd love if you could do something on down river tricks, how to nail kick flips, splats, rock spins, blunts ect.

As one coach put it to me once, look for the high points. I love the sweep boof technique. One thing though, too much edge combined with not getting the boat straightened up to ride over a feature can result in a beatdown on some strong seam lines and holes, particularly as a light paddler. I won't tell you how I know that... 😂 Great video as always!

Whoa, just what I’ve been figuring out lately. Watching the pros had me notice a lot of them almost sweep boofing over holes and pourovers. This is a great tutorial that helps me conceptualize the quadrant idea. Thanks!

Very well explained and demonstrated.

you could also just buy a high n' dry rolling aid. makes you skip out 10 times better 👍

very helpful !!

Having taught the roll myself to numerous people, I can definitely say that all the key details to learning to roll are given here, good job !

You have mastered the way of teaching.... excellent video.

Your video explains alot about how I feel. I recently went on a trip and was feeling scared of what thos river might bring, as I put on my spraydeck the fear went and the focus and joy started. I'm sharing this video. 🤟

Wow nice activity

Does anyone know what wave is shown at 2:32?