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Article: ROLL WITH IT LEARNING TO RIGHT KAYAK A TOUGH SKILL TO MASTER, BUT PAYOFF IS PRICELESS.(Rocky Mountain Adventure)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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- May 1, 2004
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Byline: Dean Krakel, Rocky Mountain News
Bam, bam, bam.
Mad Max is pounding on the kayak again. Even underwater, the sound resonates like a drum. My cue to execute an Eskimo roll.
I've been hanging out upside down in the Misahualli River, supposedly getting calm, searching deeply for my inner roll, trying to find that place Max describes as, "more intuitive then mechanical."
Put simply, rolling a kayak is a movement of the paddle blade and a snap of the hip that turns an upside-down boat upright.
Because it isn't a matter of whether you flip a kayak so much as when, rolling is an essential skill. Ecuador is not where you want ...