
Originally Posted by
Foggy_Goggles
The fastest is the no setup roll. Use whatever paddle purchase you can get hip snap against. Watch a good paddler in a play hole, rolling is just paddling upside down. This mean having a bomber on and offside and not favoring either side. What not to do = (assuming your on side = right hand forward) if you flip to your right, spinning your paddle and boy all the way around to on side roll. Instead, use the momentum of your flip, throw your body under the boat and roll off side. The back deck roll does have it's place, generally if you go over vert playing or unintendo rodeo, but I don't think it is the right "go to" roll under most situations. I think most better paddlers use a modified sweep where when the paddle blade gets perpecdicular with the boat, then either reverse the stoke and scull up or pull down on the paddle into a C - C. This put you in a better position to start paddling than finishing on the back deck.
I would agree with most of this, in particular using the momentum of the flip and going to the off side, particularly when rolling on a river run (creeking, rather than playboating). When you get knocked over on a river run, usually it is because you are bracing against the current and your paddle gets pulled under the boat. The mistake most people make in that situation is to try and set up on the side they tipped over on and try and roll repeatedly against the current (difficult to impossible if in a wave train).
I always try to start with a sweep and end with a reverse/skulling stroke which is effectively like starting with a sweep roll that then finishes with an abreviated backdeck. This is often the only roll that will work if you are on a swirling eddy line where the current is reversing direction on you.
When playing in a hole, a backdeck is usuallymy roll of choice, since the current is typically flowing from the front to back of the boat and sweep rolls are hopeless. Even if I start with a backdeck I usually reverse the stroke at the end and go into a skull/sweep as well.
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