Start with feet out. Practice brace stroke with feet out. Learn brace stroke first. Practice converting paddling stroke into brace stroke with feet out. Only put feet in after being able to paddle around and brace with feet out. Feet out on both sides of the boat act like little outriggers, dramatically increasing stability, making it much easier to balance and not capsize.
i prefer falling into deep water but this is exactly what made me so intent on learning the sport fell of many times in flat water just moving first ever kayak experience too now i practice in the surf so much fun like a kayak crossed with a surfboard
My first time in Stellar SEL 1st gen was about 20 metres long. After that I grabbed Spirit surf ski, learnt how to remount and then came back to my Stellar. Three month later I did my first flat water marathon (18km).
Wonderful! Minute 06.55!😂 Maybe a wing paddle would have been easier. Great confidence though! Thats also how I looked like when I havent paddled before but thought I can try a Viper 46 at the dealer! 😂
He did a wonderful for his first time in such a tippy boat. Heck, I recently looked just like this when I hopped in a West Side Boat Shop Dart and tried to paddle it, LOL! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1tljHwE80hI.html
well the problem is even a kayak you balance with the paddle not your hips first thing I do training someone new is stand over the boat while the novice is in the sufski and tell them I'm going to rock the boat back and forth all I want you to do is keep your head above the boat. so they learn to flow with it not correct with hips correct with paddle
I saw a video of a racer sitting still at the start and saw him struggling to stay in his boat. Oh, and a video on remounts showing the importance of taking a stroke in coordination with each leg swinging in. Nothing is harder than bicycling at 1 mph!
These boats are relatively stable when they are being paddled fast. Otherwise it is like trying to get a top to stay upright without spinning it first.
I'm a novice myself, but something I've learned. The water moving under the boat creates the lift/stability. When the ski is still, there's much left/right jerking (tippiness), but when it moves that tippiness disappears. If you want to sit still and drink Gatorade, legs out for stability. Ben is very thin, so his butt isn't locking his body into the boat. So, pad the boat with marine foam, or get a better fitting boat (narrower cockpit).
Not too bad for 1st time. If you can move the wiggle will go away with time. Its second nature to do the Wallenda with the paddle instead of keeping in the water. Would be a lot more stable with big surf under stern rudder. Lose leverage with the rudder hanging off the back
Did well, pretty hard to balance on these things until you have learned to put weight on the blade rather than using it like a balancing beam. I swam many times before i got that far even on an intermediate ski the first time.
Thank you. Yes, I think he did great for only his second attempt. Many experienced paddlers flip within the first two strokes when they move up to a elite ski.
If it wasn't my own son who bet me it would be easy to paddle those 120 feet and stay upright, I would not have laughed. When I'm actually coaching paddlers I take very different approach. This kid needed to learn a little humility at the time. ;-)
@@DaveTheKayaker Great stuff! I refer mainly to the other many videos on you tube where people put someone in a K1 and have a good laugh. Being a K1 and ocean ski paddler myself I know only too well how difficult it is to start at this level.
Those surfskis are SO unstable. Tried one and couldn't get in without flipping it. All you have to do is turn your head or move in any way, even trying to paddle and off it goes, yikes. No reserve stability whatsoever, very scary.
@@DaveTheKayaker I think most boats under 24" are pretty unstable. The surfski I tried, a Nelo 600 double was 24 inches but I think skis just have stability problems in general because of the sit on top raises your center of gravity and the log-shaped hull rolls even on its own with such a vertically tall weight loading. Even sea kayaks that you sit inside under 24" are not stable as instability rises exponentially below that point every little thing starts to affect you. You can't let your guard down even for a second or you will flip!
