Another Capsize Recovery from Jim Zimmerman on Vimeo.
This video, taken on September 4, shows how a roll recovery, when done properly, can be so easy that it's possible to pull yourself up so hard that you throw yourself over the other side.
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Wow! Great going, Jim!!
Goes to show that too great a success is actually a failure, huh!?
You didn't look panicky after the first "over the top"!
Congratulations!!
I think you can clearly see, by comparing your successful roll with your unsuccessful one from a previous post, that the successful roll comes when the thrust stroke is made with the paddle completely perpendicular to the boat, and in the same plane as your head.
These videos could be highly useful to someone trying to learn the skill.
I feel compelled to reveal the difference in strategy: The successful roll recovery required that I keep my head down in the water as long as possible. Notice in the failure video, that my head came out of the water first, while in the successful video my head is low and not even visible.
This bit of advice came from some expert kayakers who saw my video. It was the same advice I was given (and had since forgotten) when I was first taught how to do the roll recovery.
Hilarious!!
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