In the past few weeks we’ve been discussing rescues and various techniques for self-rescue. We’ve had some good discussion both here and on the two bigger community message boards Qajaqusa.org and Paddling.net about what will and won’t work for rescuing a sea kayak and why. During this discussion I put forth the theory that a …
Monthly Archive: April 2009
Apr
06
Re-enter and roll self-rescue video demonstration
Alec Bloyd-Peshkin and I shot several rescues in the marina on Lake Michigan this weekend. This is the first of these self rescue techniques. The re-enter and roll is probably the best self-rescue technique after a roll has failed. It is simple and relies on no special equipment. The paddler simply re-enters the cockpit and …
Apr
03
Inuit Throat Singing Video
William Gibson shared this video on his blog. I am not sure what part of the Arctic this is from. The games are held in Canada. So I am imagining this type of singing is from somewhere in the Canadian arctic rather than Greenland. Awesome throat singing in either case and very non-western approach to …
