Kayaking Video
Here’s the next batch of videos from Memorial Day weekend – these are the ones from Rodeo Hole, I’ll post the Sunday Turkey Shoot ones later. (The first one is the same one that’s in the last post on higher Youtube video quality that I just did.) This one has Brett, Kevin H., and people I [...]
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I’ve been uploading some of the Rodeo Hole videos to Youtube and was pretty frustrated because the original quality is really good and the Youtube version ends up really grainy. In searching around online I found a cool trick that should work for most Youtube video formats (I think I read it won’t work for [...]
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OK, the first bunch of surfing video series is ready after Memorial Day weekend in Leavenworth – which was awesome, by the way. There’s nothing nicer than kayaking down the Wenatchee River and getting out to bask in 80 degree weather at Riverside Park in Cashmere with a crew of river-happy rafters, kayakers and pooches. [...]
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Dave Bowman sent me a link to a video of this guy called Robbie Virostek doing a back deck roll and then a one-handed roll in a way that made them look totally effortless. (As in, seriously amazing.) Here’s the clip:
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By Greg Nicoll: Here’s what Railroad Drop looks like…right side up….tee hee hee.
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By Greg Nicoll: Here’s some video from Greg’s helmet camera of people ripping it up on Turkey Shoot.
Greg Nicoll and Jeromy Adams led a kayaking trip on the Headworks section of the Green River on April 25 2009 and a great time was had by all. (Let me just say that Greg nailed the trip leader requirements before we even started by bringing doughnuts to the put-in.) Here are some photos taken [...]
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I really love this video of this girl kayaking in Thailand – she’s 14 years old and has what is seriously the mother of all combat rolls. (About two-thirds of the way through she flips up as she’s going over this 4 or 5 foot drop.) Plus, how could I not relate to a girl [...]
So a word of caution before I get started here – I tweaked my shoulder trying a back deck roll the wrong way at the pool the other week, so there’s definitely a point to learning correct technique before you start plunging around. I should also mention that I still don’t know how to do [...]
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Every Wednesday night in the fall through spring kayakers gather at the Helene Madison Pool in Seattle to practice Eskimo rolls, bracing and playboating tricks. Seeing as the sessions start at 8:30 pm and go until 10:30 pm this can make you feel like a bit of a vampire – but it’s a great way to practice [...]
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