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Mats Bengtsson description of how to roll a kayak using the kayak eskimo roll technique, when you have become old and are no longer limber. The reasoning is done to acknowledge that age and flexibility might be reasons for having a problem with rolling a kayak, but the most likely kayak roll problem comes from the mind and lack of relaxation and coordination. The eskimo roll works from technique and timing, not power, so age is seldom a hindrance for performing the kayak eskimo roll.

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Toshiyuki Hara
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I’m not a perfect canoe tripper. I’ve sat on my life jacket at the campsite, used my bailer bucket as a pee bottle, stuck the blade of my paddle in the sand, and pitched my tent under a gnarly dead tree. I’ve mocked someone else’s gear, giggled at skinny dippers, and—some might say this is worst of all—for many years, I paddled with the goon stroke rather than a proper J. Gasp. These weren’t immoral acts. They were errors in judgment and holes in knowledge, and I’ve learned from my bad…

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Jack Sand

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