welshkate

Last night I headed to Echo Hollow pool in Eugene to paddle with Steve and Dave. It was a sad day because Steve decided to retire his C1 rocket. He’s going to convert back to its original state and put it up for sale; sniff, sniff. I took it for a spin for the second and final time. In trying to learn to roll that thing I discovered something new about my paddling; I’ve been rolling a K-1 wrongly for the last 17 years. The only way to roll a C1 is to keep the body forward and tucked. I have not been doing this in a K1, so trying to watch me even T-resuce a C1 is like watching a Benny Hill sketch. Instead of the women chasing Benny, its Steve chasing me in his playboat, trying to right me….One thing i do like about the C1 is the ability to sneak a breath while upside down. I even found time to wave to theDave while hanging out upside down, trying to work out how to tuck and to T-rescue.

Dave explained to me the importance of tucking when in a hole. If you are not tucked when you roll up, your weight’ll be on the back deck you’ll be more likely to be more likely to be sucked back in and chundered. Ho-hum, back to the drawing board with my roll, then back in the C1 as soon as I learn to tuck. Thanks to Steve and theDave for entertaining my efforts to C1