Full day Greenland Intensive With Cheri Perry and Turner Wilson - $200
The day includes a rolling demonstration focusing on understanding fundamental skills such as sculling for support, balance brace, standard Greenland roll and multiple variations. For advanced students, norsaq and hand rolls, forward finishing rolls, combat rolls. A strong comprehensive overview of the Greenland stroke covering; forward and forward canted stroke, sliding stroke, both high and low braces, also sculling, sweep, draw and rudder strokes, and various stroke combinations.
Rock and Roll:
Want to learn a storm roll? How about a hand roll? No matter what blade you use, learn to roll from your core. Using a buoyant Greenland blade, like the ancients, offers several advantages to understanding rolling mechanics. Then transfer these new understandings to your own blade, and kayak.
Strokes:
A strong comprehensive overview of the Greenland stroke covering; forward and forward canted stroke, sliding stroke, both high and low braces, also sculling, sweep, draw and rudder strokes, and various stroke combinations.
Bio:
Turner Wilson and Cheri Perry have teamed up (in 2005) to form Kayak Ways to teach Greenland style kayaking. They both attended the Greenland National Kayaking Championships in 2005. Since then they have been traveling and teaching all over the United States at Symposiums like Sea Kayak Georgia’s BCU week and Sweetwater BCU week. They have also taught at Greenland style events including SSTIKS, Delmarva Paddlers Retreat, Michigan Training Camp, Mystic Seaport’s Arctic Boat Weekend and Hudson River Greenlandic Festival. They are passionate about paddling and sharing their skills. For more info and to see some of the 35 competition rolls go to their website at http://www.kayakways.net
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