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Picking out a Kayak |
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Paddling Tip: Which
is easier, canoeing or kayaking? Imagine a buoy in the ocean.
Not put the the added weight on top. The buoy wants to tip over
naturally. Now take that same weight and move it to the bottom of
that buoy. It wants to "self right" itself! As a
result of seat position being lower in a kayak, it has a better balance by
design. There are many kayak choices for length as well as width,
making them easy to turn, steer, go fast, light weight, thus the kayak
craze has been realized! Have two people, have two kayaks!
They are fun to paddle together, side by side, or independently both! |
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"Want help with
Kayak or Canoe Balance
Technique?" |
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– Let’s go
to paddling school for a moment, how about it? - |
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There is technique to balance
in a canoe or kayak, for a much more enjoyable experience in lakes,
rivers, even the fast rapids. Of
course it takes some internal ability, but there is also technique
involved too. Let’s do a
little exercise. As a person
sitting alone in a boat, hold your paddle in front of your chest,
horizontally. Now don’t
slouch. Sit up straight and
while in a slightly forward position, arch the back slightly if you can.
Keep your eyes up too and face forward, and focus on the horizon.
Don't look down while doing this. While keeping your head and shoulders square to the world, not
moving your upper body at all, and rock your hips side to side, rocking
the boat. Let the hips
pivot, and rock that boat without moving your upper body at all.
You will be surprised at how much you can rock the boat, and
still feel totally stable! Now
let your friend, (not your enemy), rock that boat for you!
They can bounce it front to back, rock it side to side, and you
are dead center in your balance spot!
Let the hips loose and keep your upper body perfectly still!
Now imagine the water is doing the rocking action to the boat.
That boat can move a lot, and not affect you one bit!
You can lock yourself in a canoe and keep from sliding off the
seat by dropping to the knees; spread them against the sides of the
bottom of the boat for bracing yourself with feet under the seat.
You will not slide out either, with extreme rocking action in
this exercise! This
is the best position for rapids. These are fabulous
exercises for canoe balance, as well as kayak too!
For kayaks, don’t lean back on that “tall kayak seat” when
it matters going through that rapid.
Lean forward a bit; butt back in the seat all the way!
Your hips will pivot with the above applied technique locking
knees under or against the sides of the kayak depending on your style of
kayak, and keep feet firmly planted on the foot braces. Your
balance goes way up! Ever
notice why “the more technical design the kayak is, the shorter the
seat?” Now it is no
secret!
One last thing; as we are
indeed not moving our head and shoulders in this exercise. Through your
paddling trip, keep your head over the center of the boat!
If your head gets off center, the boat will follow.
If you start to tip, get that head back over the center of the
boat, and the boat will follow. Hold this
"sense of balance" noted above and the head should stay over
the center of the boat automatically. If you have been on a ship,
it is kind of like "sea legs" if you know what that
means. In the pools,
kick back and relax of course. Good luck, be informed and be
safe, and wear that life vest every time!
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