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Re: rolling
By:Greg Steeves
Date: 7/21/1999, 1:12 am
In Response To: rolling (DJ Gaker)

I don't know how the Dagger rolls but I can tell you that the uilemot roll real nice.

greg

> Hey. I'm 15 and we have a white-water kayak at a 5 acre lake behind our
> house. This summer I got interested in it so I started to paddle it
> around. That's where I got the idea to build my completely stripped
> Guillemot. Anyways, one day I thought it would be cool to roll it. After
> about 2 weeks of trying off and on, I can finally do it 19 out of 20
> times. Our kayak is a Perception Dagger (24" wide and 11' long), and
> we have a white-water paddle to go with it. I looked in a book that I
> recently bought and I figured out that I was doing a screw roll. To all
> you other rollers out there, I was wondering if it is going to be easier
> to roll my Guillemot or our Perception Dagger?

Messages In This Thread

rolling
DJ Gaker -- 7/21/1999, 12:54 am
Re: rolling
Bernie Farmer -- 7/22/1999, 12:02 pm
Outfit your cockpit very well
Shawn Baker -- 7/21/1999, 3:05 pm
Re: rolling
Greg Steeves -- 7/21/1999, 1:12 am