What do you mean wirh the last section of a late hip snap or past the hip axis? Does this mean you're leaning back past the perpendicular angle whrre your body should be relative to the boat. Other than leaning slightly back it looks like you followed the other tips you mentioned? Thanks
Not sure on this one, but on another it said the paddle sweep shouldn't extend past the hip or it will effectively work against you & pull you back down?
I notice on several of your videos you kayak with prescription glasses. I struggle with this (fogging etc) but contacts also have downsides. Any particular type of or tips for kayaking with glasses? Always appreciate the content.
Chris, on my son's second time out, I had him paddle up stream in a class 1 riffle; moving up eddies, doing ferries and peel outs and repeating. He learned more in 15-20 min than he probably would have in 3 days of just floating down the same stretch of river. While this is not a revolutionary concept, I was personally stunned by how quickly the feedback loop was realized with so little coaching my part. FYI, you are still the best!
Interesting and looks tough and kinda fun. Depends a bit on the river I guess as you certainly need to have some side to side eddies and not just river wide shelves like a few of my local rivers I could do this at, but definitely some sections would work for upstream practice!
The right river makes all the difference. Shoals with lots of shelves can be a great morphology for these kinds of pursuits. Were fortunate that our local geology helps.
I absolutely love how comprehensive this teaching is! Thank you. That whole thing about curving strokes is something that very few people (certainly here in the UK) are taught, and the deficit sits at the heart of so many problems for learners.
Thanks for the video Chris! I have a power seat in my (new version) Soul Glide and it is amazing!! I’m currently foaming out my full slice as well. I would be curious about your thoughts on back bands in a creek boat/river runner? I typically run mine low and a little loose….I am tempted to use a foam block similar to what your playboat has.
@@kevinhornbuckle the problem with something inflatable is that in order for it to be rigid enough for you to leverage off of, it needs to be tight enough likely impeding exit.
Love it Chris! I did this to my Rockstar about three years ago after hating the sweet cheeks system. I’ve made some small adjustments over the years, but never looked back from making the switch. Good tips in here…I’m outfitting a Mobius right now (in part on your recommendation) and it has a delaminated track. Can I use that same glue you used for your d ring? Welding or gluing plastic is such a pain.
Hey Jamie, not sure if you want to use gflex for the center track on your boat. Regardless of what you decide to do, you'll have to start by pulling all of the outfitting out of the boat and ensuring the inside of the boat is clean so that whatever adhesive you use you'll get a proper bond. Maybe glue 1/4" minicell on the hull, then re-glue the center track to that? That would be my thought, but just spitballing. Do a little research on what glues are going to hold well, gflex is very expensive for what you're going to likely use it for, with an uncertain level of success.
You can Google and turn up a ton of results. But kayaking in itself is helpful for it. Check out our other video Warmups for Freestyle kayaking. A lot of those drills are great for oblique strengthening while simultaneously working smaller stabilizer muscles.
@@TheP4U111 it could be said the Project X was the prototype to the Jed, as it preluded it and was designed by the same person, Robert Peerson. I think the Jed is the best spud boat on the market (for me). The size is right and it does everything I want it to.
@@whitewaterdreams Oh brilliant! I've just ordered a Jed to play around with, (first ever Kayak). Are they also somewhat okay for touring rivers and lakes?
These use "hip-snaps" while the roll you speak of is less driven by the oblique crunch in a hip snap. Lower center of gravity helps with the roll too but can be less than ideal in a whitewater venue.
