A magic course from the depth to the surface

No friend that has ever entrusted us with their introduction to this magical world of sea kayaking for more than once (sometimes from the first time), resisted the lure roll training.

In this section, we will try to present all those steps, through articles and videos that may help us to restore our boat to the right position.

Let’s start with what we tell all our students. Patience and proper training. The roll should be last on our training list. We should first be familiar with the basic techniques of sea kayaking to safely enjoy this course and avoid injuries.

If sufficient time has been spent and we feel perfectly comfortable in our boat, the journey begins…

Three Parts

If that time has come and you are ready to take your first steps, our learning approach divides the process into three stages that will be analyzed separately:

Stage 1 – Correct Starting Position

Beginning is everything. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced paddler, when big wave topples you in surfing, you should be familiar with the “start” position because if you do not get the right position, you will either not recover or cause a shoulder injury.

Stage 2 – A Combination of moves

What makes roll quite difficult to teach is the combination of movements. We should get used to the different movement of the legs and torso and especially be calm, something that requires feeling confident upside down in the water.

Stage 3 – Completion – Head comes Last

This stage varies, depending on the roll. A common problem, which we often encounter with many students at this stage, is that we have to interfere with the recorded innate memory. When we are in the water taking a long dive, we are used to our head coming out of the water first to catch our breath. In this roll we must forget about it and work the exact opposite. The head that accounts for about 1/3 of our weight must come out last if we want to catch our breath on the surface.

In due time we will delve deeper in to all the above. Patience and proper training will get us to the surface as we master the most practical and useful self-rescue technique. An ongoing learning process in our paddling life.