Rolling Without a Skirt

[fulks19]

I like this video a lot. I am wanting to buy a kayak and I like to see different things that can go wrong and things to look for. This is an excellent video. A lot of YouTubers would have edited out the second roll. Thanks for posting.

[slipsinker101]

KUDOS!!! great fun!

[PowerTheQwerty]

he knew he didnt have floatation! He was probs just messing about, having fun

[WrongAndHome]

Doesn't the blackwater have a water tight hatch in the back?

[GlacierKayaks]

props! i think everyone whos posting about proper outfitting needs to worry about their technique a little bit more than their boats... we all know what proper flotation is, its the wizard not the wand and this was a great demo of technique. thanks for the upload

[CraigVM62]

Grandpa there is in better shape than most of us watching the video.

[MrPlumblord]

isn't it a spray deck?

[mrkoolboyx]

@MrPlumblord The Americans call it a 'Spray Skirt'

[CathalFolan]

I find it easier to roll a boat thats full of water. Staying upright is the hard part.

[PUDDLEPUNK]

Awesome mate! Well done.

[CqCasting]

Great vid, you got skills I hope to have someday. How old is this vid? What impressed me is you have over 40k views with some comments. Great demo of the importance of floatation. Well done.

[1982patriot]

Hiliarious....nice vid



[njmikey721]

LOL..I have got to try this the next warm day I'm fooling around on a lake and feel like a swim :-)

[JoPo8848]

it's definitly NOT so easy without the skirt. this guy has some skill *thumbsup*

[XxSR50RXx]

baddest roll ever seen

[sbc2k1]

This guy is a Fucking Boss lets see any of you post a video trying to do it once

[MrTommy001]

As someone who is considering buying a kayak (for use in our myriad waterways here in Nevada - ha), I find all these videos fun to watch (and even more fun to read the dumb comments from some).

[trinitymike]

Oh lighten up, it looked like the guy was just tooling around in the 'yak, not going out for a 'real' paddle...no need for a skirt...a PFD???? well, you should ALWAYS wears one....

[pleutman]

does a fully flooded polyethylene kayak sink completely,or does it half float beneath surface?...i mean does the plastic alone have any buoyancy property what so ever if everything goes wrong?

[Pigratcroc]

It will stay a little bit below the surface, but it won't pull you under.

[TheNakedhobo]

no u can try to fill up ur kayak fully but you will always have a little bit of air thats impossible to get out which makes it fun to get into and arse around with it :)

[yakabox]

@pleutman id say the traped air would work much like the one in my fiberglass and hold the nose afloat.

[chieffreakydeaky]

My Loon will foat when completely swamped...looks like his has styrofoam in the nose

[pamlico140]

Its called FLOATATION. Its not the manufacturers fualt if you roll a kayak without properlly outfitting it!

[touringkayaks]

Who said anything about "fault." I actually had a lot of fun. The point (if there is a point) is: (1) it is possible to roll a waterlogged kayak, (2) a kayak without flotation will sink. Those who paddle kayaks without flotation, pease take note.

[Itsmyopinionpal]

@touringkayaks Good job man :)

[dave4466076]

@touringkayaks HOW dare you have fun! lol nice clip, thank you for posting :)

[monsieur4thanh]

Is he die?

[marvel1975]

why not just wear a spraydeck? call me old fashioned

[kyaker123]

Or just clever!

[jon805980]

its called a spraydeck

[supsaysme]

dude I tried that once. It is proper hard

[stephenmcdougall2007]

i think you may have a small leak in your boat

[FrankBocker]

Err... the video says "without a skirt"

That means there was nothing stopping the water from flowing in while he was upside down.

I do hope you were high, drunk, or trolling.

[SykoChicken]

It's called a joke.

[oxman0313]

LOL I tryed that in a pool and I pulled myself right out of the boat. I think I will stick to a skirt and PFD. it makes it much easier.

[poxbag1]

might be easy if you have really tight hip and thigh braces in your boat

[AnyNamesfree08]

i find it loads easier rolling without a PFD cause i feel they just get in the way i learnt to rool in a pool without one and then i tried rolling with one and it felt really awkward as it really ristricts your movement i find but its just my opinion :)

[marvel1975]

yeah really clever going out without a pfd,your an idiot.

[azure77]

Please get some flotation bags for the bow and stern of your boat!!!!!!!

[touringkayaks]

It was a borrowed boat, and I wasn't expecting to be in a boat that day. That's why I didn't have a skirt for it -- or a pfd even. But you are right, the boat needs bow and stern flotation bags to be safe.

[ExpatMoe]

roll once more haha!!