This is an awesome idea that has been executed extremely well. I’m looking forward to the rest in the series.
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Tag: Skills (Page 4 of 4)
The screw-up is basically a recovery technique that evolved from over-vertical stern squirts. It is probably one of the most useful techniques for boaters because it can be used virtually anytime your bow passes vertical. Essentially it is a way of avoiding a full blown capsize when your boat passes vertical. When your playing in a hole pulling off a screw up may prevent you from being flushed out or even munched by the wave.
As with all moves they need to be practiced. The best way to practice this move is to put your boat into a position where it is going to pass vertical. The best a safest way to do this is on a nice deep eddy line and throw a stern squirt. The idea is that the move will be ingrained and can then be used on the flat or even in a hole whilst cartwheeling.
So here we go, you’ve found a suitable spot to practice. From the eddy cross through the eddyline and pull an aggressive stern squirt with a powerful back sweep. As soon as you feel the boat going past vertical start to roll in the direction you are turning. So if you started the squirt with your sweep on the left you’ll need to roll on your left. This is a lot easier than fighting against the direction the boat is already travelling in!
If you don’t know, double pumping is the forward – backward stroke on one side that initiates most cartwheels (you can also plough the nose down to get up on end, but that’s just brute force, no technique.)
What you need:
A boat that’s designed to do what you want it to. Try a boat that has low volume, slicey ends – not a big ass creeker. Stay away from long, fat boats.
Short paddles make a big difference, so see if you can borrow someome’s playboating blades. Ask though, and treat them with care.
And a good set of stomach muscles. They’re gonna hurt. Continue reading
The “Floop” is a Flat water Loop. The first thing you’ll have to do is get yourself into a bow stall. If you can’t pull off a bow stall you’ll need to get it cracked before continuing. Once your bow stall has been initiated and then stabilised, start to bounce your boat up and down. Use your paddle and hips to really drive the nose under as much as you can.
Once you have reached what feels like that highest bounce you now pull down really hard once more with your paddle leaning the boat just over vertical to get the boats nose is at maximum depth under the water and the boat is just over vertical if you don’t commit to the next step you’ll just end up planting on your face.
As the boat pushes it self-back up out of the water take your paddle out of the water and reach with your paddle and your whole body to the ceiling giving the boat an extra boost higher. When you feel you’re at the maximum height throw all your body weight and paddle down under the boat just like you would if you were doing a forward somersault. This should release the boat from the water sending it flying over your head. Getting this move down will make a loop in a hole feel quite easy and you’ll find yourself flying a lot higher then you ever did before.
Note: This will make you better than Corran Addison or Jay Kincaid, or your money back. Just follow the instructions.
1: Don’t stick just to moving water
If you can’t master the move in the hole, move back to the canal, grab a squirt boat, and practice your technique on the flat. You won’t be as distracted by the noise, spray, and possibility of a swim down to the basin. You’ll find that you’re suddenly much more aware of how slight movements in your body position can really affect the trim of the boat. Build up a sequence of moves, bring it back to the white water, and you’ll be amazed at the difference!
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