Kayak Skill - Somersault Re-Entry & Roll Explained

Somersault re-entry shown from a side view (with a Sanyo Xacti HD cam). This is Druce of Kayak Lake Mead demonstrating...

The boat is capsized, (1) first move your paddle under the boat so that the paddle will be oriented properly to your hands when facing to the rear, (2) duck/swim under the boat facing to the rear and as an option get up into the cockpit to take a couple of breathes and orient yourself to the situation, (3) look back over your head and with your hands holding the paddle grasp the front edges of the coaming, execute a reverse roll (the somersault part) sliding the feet into the cockpit, arrange your feet, hips, and knees into the cockpit securely, finally...roll up by your preferred method.

See more kayak skills here; http://kayak-skills.kayaklakemead.com/.

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Sports

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• sea
• kayaking
• somersault
• re-entry
• eskimo
• roll
• Skill
• Kayak roll
• Kayak Lake Mead

[kayaklakemead]

68Bards, you are quite right. It is much more difficult. This video simply shows a basic procedure or outline of the movement. After learning the basic movement, one can then add more and more layers of realism.

[68Bards]

Not nearly that simple to do a fully-inverted re-entry when wearing a floatation jacket, drysuit, or anything which adds buoyancy in my experience. I like the 'take breaths in the cockpit to orient yourself' pointer, though...