Corey,

Do you have a K-1 roll? Do you paddle on the right or the left? If you have a
K-1 roll, I can tell you how to do it or maybe meet you at SM roll practice one
night. Its the same basic concept..... i.e. a hip snap that jerks the boat back
under you with the paddle preventing the upper torso from rotating. Start with
the top hand in your belly button, Back of your hand on the spray skirt and
paddle blade flat on the front deck, body leaning forward over the front deck.
Keeping the paddle blade parallel with the surface of the water and your top
hand against your body, rotate and roll your body to the side with your head as
close to the top of the water as you can get it. I try to keep my face buried
in the elbow of my lower hand as this happens. Doing so does two things. It
protects your face from rocks and it helps keep your body in a compact position
for the hip snap. Once you are rotated 90 degrees with the paddle blade on the
surface of the water, hip snap and PRESTO! you are back up...... Yes it is
always that easy and simple.... no practice required.

This is a technique I thought myself from listening to other folks and watching
a few. I know it works, but others may suggest variants. It is based on the
same principles as the kayak C to C roll technique. You can use a screw roll
variant as well. They physics is all the same. If you have a K-1 roll, it
may be easiest to start with the same basic principle that you already know and
modify it to work on the C-!.

One Question..... Why do you like PAIN!? Actually, C-1 is great fun and I
really like the feel of it and the manauverability, but there are times there is
just no substitute for a second blade...... creeking and technical class V
IMHO.

M
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> From: "akitacorecanoe" <akitacorecanoe@...>
> Date: 2005/07/03 Sun PM 09:11:09 EDT
> To: wwslalom@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Slalom] c-1 roll information
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