The trick often is
to move about in small stages. I often “walk” my knees into position before coming off the seat. It that’s not doable, i walk them as closely to their final position as possible and then tweak their position after I’ve come off the seat. As Steve noted, having the seat at the correct height, so that your weight is split 50/50 between butt and knees helps a lot.
Marc Ornstein
Name that maneuver
As Karen Knight couldn’t make it to ECCKF in Charleston I stopped by to visit her in MD on my way back north to The River Connection.
She showed me a maneuver where after you initiate a turn either heeling into or out of the turn you place the paddle perpendicular to the water ahead of you and angle the leading edge of the blade toward the hull. In kayaking I know this is sometimes regarded as a jam or a static bow pry but she used some other term for this but I can’t recall what it was.
I’m going to practice this and try to have it look good for when she comes up here to do the Freestyle Canoe sessions at the PowerUP Symposium but I’m trying not to look senile in forgetting what it was called.
Anyone?
See you on the water,
Marshall
The River Connection, Inc.
Hyde Park, NY
www.the-river-connection.com