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How do you roll up in very shallow water?
Hello,
I have been learning to surf. I find if I get turned over in fairly shallow water I can't roll back upright. I can roll if the water is deeper. Any suggestions anybody? Bernie |
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Speaking just for myself Bernie, I have found that just hanging around
until you have sorted yourself out does it. Generally you can just roll up using the sand as if it were water. Sometimes you are lying on the wrong side and then you just have to look like a tit and work it out. I can roll both sides but if you start with your blades on the wrong side you are stuffed IMHO and you just have to use your hands! Of course if you bail out _before_ you get spanked it helps but if anyone has a tip as to how to always do that I would be listening! Cheers David In article . com, (Bernie Inakayak) wrote: *Subject:* How do you roll up in very shallow water? *From:* "Bernie Inakayak" *Date:* 29 Sep 2005 12:59:21 -0700 Hello, I have been learning to surf. I find if I get turned over in fairly shallow water I can't roll back upright. I can roll if the water is deeper. Any suggestions anybody? Bernie |
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"David Bulpitt" wrote in message o.uk... Speaking just for myself Bernie, I have found that just hanging around until you have sorted yourself out does it. Generally you can just roll up using the sand as if it were water. Sometimes you are lying on the wrong side and then you just have to look like a tit and work it out. I can roll both sides but if you start with your blades on the wrong side you are stuffed IMHO and you just have to use your hands! Of course if you bail out _before_ you get spanked it helps but if anyone has a tip as to how to always do that I would be listening! Cheers David In article . com, (Bernie Inakayak) wrote: *Subject:* How do you roll up in very shallow water? *From:* "Bernie Inakayak" *Date:* 29 Sep 2005 12:59:21 -0700 Hello, I have been learning to surf. I find if I get turned over in fairly shallow water I can't roll back upright. I can roll if the water is deeper. Any suggestions anybody? Bernie A Punt off the bottom IMHO is perfectly acceptable. A roll is anything that gets you back upright. |
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"googlebot" wrote in message ... "David Bulpitt" wrote in message o.uk... Speaking just for myself Bernie, I have found that just hanging around until you have sorted yourself out does it. Generally you can just roll up using the sand as if it were water. Sometimes you are lying on the wrong side and then you just have to look like a tit and work it out. I can roll both sides but if you start with your blades on the wrong side you are stuffed IMHO and you just have to use your hands! Of course if you bail out _before_ you get spanked it helps but if anyone has a tip as to how to always do that I would be listening! Cheers David In article . com, (Bernie Inakayak) wrote: *Subject:* How do you roll up in very shallow water? *From:* "Bernie Inakayak" *Date:* 29 Sep 2005 12:59:21 -0700 Hello, I have been learning to surf. I find if I get turned over in fairly shallow water I can't roll back upright. I can roll if the water is deeper. Any suggestions anybody? Bernie A Punt off the bottom IMHO is perfectly acceptable. A roll is anything that gets you back upright. I'd agree. it's nice to be technically perfect and do it all "by the book", but if punting off the borrom gets you upright then that's the way to do it. Ewan Scott |
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Ewan Scott wrote:
I'd agree. it's nice to be technically perfect and do it all "by the book", but if punting off the borrom gets you upright then that's the way to do it. I call them "pole rolls". Work for me. And a pal doing her 5* training uses them quite proficiently in shallow surf soup, they're not just for beginners! Not something I set out to do, but if while trying to sort myself out I come across the bottom it's just something I do naturally. Pete. -- Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/ |
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What is it about them that means they're not for beginners Peter?
Bernie (beginner, pretty much) |
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Bernie Inakayak wrote:
What is it about them that means they're not for beginners Peter? I think you misread my post: "they're not just for beginners!" ^^^^ They are particularly "for" beginners to some degree because if you spend any time teaching rolling you'll see quite a few of the early attempts in a pool are characterised by poling off the bottom of the pool despite an intention to be sweeping the blade around on the surface. If you're trying (as is usually the case) to roll up off the water then using the bottom is a failure of sorts, but as has been pointed out, if you get up then you're up and never mind the Style Points, at least you can breathe now! My point was that although punting off the bottom is more typically a beginnery thing, experienced people will sometimes use them too. So don't worry! Pete. -- Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/ |
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You're quite right, I read "not just for beginners" as "just not for
beginners". And you've correctly identified that I am a little worried about this sort of thing, since I read an article about preventing shoulder injuries, where the author said this rolling up off the bottom is one way to dislocate a shoulder. He said he would write another article about how to prevent that, but it hasn't appeared yet. I really really don't want to dislocate a shoulder. Bernie |
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"Bernie Inakayak" wrote in message ups.com... You're quite right, I read "not just for beginners" as "just not for beginners". And you've correctly identified that I am a little worried about this sort of thing, since I read an article about preventing shoulder injuries, where the author said this rolling up off the bottom is one way to dislocate a shoulder. He said he would write another article about how to prevent that, but it hasn't appeared yet. I really really don't want to dislocate a shoulder. You could dislocate your shoulder putting a jacket on... If you think about the action involved in rolling and that sweep out and down, it is a very short step to sweeping it too far back and everything going per shaped anyway. I've known a few people pull back and shoulder muscles when rolling and getting it wrong. I'd imagine that in punting the danger would really be in flowing water, where your paddle stuck in the bed of the river/ lake/ sea, remains fixed and your boat and you get swept forwards placing your shoulder in a dangerous position. The usual motto applies, if it hurts stop doing it. In this case, if it starts hurting, let go. On a river if you go over in 2 feet of water and can't get back up, there is a good chance you could lose a few teeth - at least. I'd try punting. Ewan Scott |
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Bernie Inakayak wrote:
And you've correctly identified that I am a little worried about this sort of thing, since I read an article about preventing shoulder injuries, where the author said this rolling up off the bottom is one way to dislocate a shoulder. I'm quite sure it is. OTOH, when I do a punt/pole roll I'm on autopilot and I doubt I'm alone, and furthermore the case that while a dislocated shoulder would be Very Bad, it's not nearly as Very Bad as breathing seawater would be ;-/ He said he would write another article about how to prevent that, but it hasn't appeared yet. I really really don't want to dislocate a shoulder. My take on how not to do that... practice practice practice, while keeping a close eye on your shoulders. I've not dislocated one yet (touch formica) but it was the case that early on in my rolling career when I tended to use more brute force and ignorance than technique I did strain some muscles in my right shoulder and had to lay off the pool sessions for a while. As I've got more experienced I very clearly use less power and more technique, which will help those shoulders stay where they're meant to be. My "rolls in anger" have not been as good as my pre-setup practice rolls, not surprisingly. But they're still much better than they were. The longer I'm under and the closer to bailing out I feel I am the sloppier the technique tends to be, which is also not hugely surprising... Pete. -- Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/ |
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