Looks easy! LOL Considering the shallow rocky rivers I run (sometimes the challenge is finding a line with enough water to float the canoe) this is a skill I should really work on. Thanks again for the great videos.
Timing! I was just celebrating the benefit of poling up the river-right side of the island at Symonds Yat rather than carrying the boat and kit up the path (and grabbed a one-shot-wonder video also on Song of the Paddle & OCA Facebook 👍)
Could you do a video on your camera gear and how you secure it to your canoe? I nearly lost my camera on my last whitewater trip when we rolled over and the camera was scraped off the canoe as it went upside down over rocks!
I greatly appreciate this video because it gives me another chance to visualize the poling techniques. I've noticed in some of your videos that you have used an Esquif Pocket Canyon. Have you ever tried poling in it?
Glad it was helpful! The Pocket Canyon belongs to my partner Lina and I rarely paddle it. It should be polable but will be quite twitchy and will take some getting used to. That twitchy ness will make it very manoeuvrable but there will be a steep and at times wet learning curve.
I sorry I don't and the supplier over here find it too expensive to send them to the US. Before the split poles became common here I used to make my own by buying a length of aluminium then cutting to length and sealing with wooden bungs: but I never used to split them as it was beyond my limited technical ability. Over here it was manufactures of kayak paddles that eventually started making spit glass poles. Again sorry I cannot help further but if you come up with a solution please get back to me and I can pass it on to other that enquire.
Excellent video thanks Ray. Good camera angles and the tilt frame effect felt seamless! A great resource for coaching. 😁👍
Thank you as ever David and again thank you for the coffees. Cheers
Great video Ray, like the Picture in Picture element really clever and useful.
Awesome, thank you! Yep it took me a while to sort how to do that and then the tinkering to get pictures synchronised. Yep but it seems worth it.
Very professionally done ray 👏👏👏👏👏🛶👌👍
Thank you! That is appreciated
Great little vid Ray. Really useful to watch now as I’ve just done a day of poling, so it’s more real now.
Good to hear.
Big thanks once again Ray, these short videos pack in so much useful information, brilliant 👍👍☕
Glad you like them!
Nice one Ray, its about time I got my big stick out again 😁
Suit you sir! Meanwhile have fun.
Awesome Ray. Thanks.
Very welcome
Looks easy! LOL Considering the shallow rocky rivers I run (sometimes the challenge is finding a line with enough water to float the canoe) this is a skill I should really work on. Thanks again for the great videos.
Thanks. Yep in shallow water poling is often the easiest way of making progress. Have fun.
Timing!
I was just celebrating the benefit of poling up the river-right side of the island at Symonds Yat rather than carrying the boat and kit up the path (and grabbed a one-shot-wonder video also on Song of the Paddle & OCA Facebook 👍)
Yep it is good spot at the Yat. Been up that side a few times
Fantastic video, looking forward to getting out and trying these this weekend.
Good luck!
Could you do a video on your camera gear and how you secure it to your canoe? I nearly lost my camera on my last whitewater trip when we rolled over and the camera was scraped off the canoe as it went upside down over rocks!
It's on the list of 'to dos'.
Nice one, is that at TNR on the Dee?
Yes it is. Well spotted
I greatly appreciate this video because it gives me another chance to visualize the poling techniques. I've noticed in some of your videos that you have used an Esquif Pocket Canyon. Have you ever tried poling in it?
Glad it was helpful! The Pocket Canyon belongs to my partner Lina and I rarely paddle it. It should be polable but will be quite twitchy and will take some getting used to. That twitchy ness will make it very manoeuvrable but there will be a steep and at times wet learning curve.
@@RayGoodwinCanoe hmmm. Twitchy sounds about right. 😬
Do you have a source for the 2 piece fiberglass poles in the US? Or is there a similar product that isn't used for canoe poling that could be used?
I sorry I don't and the supplier over here find it too expensive to send them to the US. Before the split poles became common here I used to make my own by buying a length of aluminium then cutting to length and sealing with wooden bungs: but I never used to split them as it was beyond my limited technical ability. Over here it was manufactures of kayak paddles that eventually started making spit glass poles. Again sorry I cannot help further but if you come up with a solution please get back to me and I can pass it on to other that enquire.
Do you purchase or make your own poles? I would like to add this skill and capability to my canoeing.
Purchased: there is a link in the description below the video
@@RayGoodwinCanoe thanks!
Ninjas wear blue these days…
😆 I better change the colour so I am not mistaken for one of those badasses. Is black now available? 😅