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History of Canoeing  Contents Page      Water Polo at Hunter`s Quay Scotland 1880    History of Canoeing in UK ****  The Origins of Canoe Polo ***  History of FOACC  The History of the Canoe  The History of Canoeing *  External Links to History of Canoeing  Kayak Handling  Contents Page     A High Brace A dynamic stroke is where the kayaker moves the paddle to make the kayak go through the water and a static stroke is where the paddle is just placed in the water and held there while the movement of the boat (while at speed) does the turning action.     Stern Rudder at Crosby Marine Lake  Getting In and Out  Basic Strokes  Contents Page  Forward Sweep ***  Reverse Sweep  Power (Forward) Stroke ***  Reverse Stroke  Draw Stroke *  Sculling Draw  Low Brace  High Brace ***  Low Brace Turn  High Brace Turn  Bow Rudder  Stern Rudder ***  Advanced Strokes  Contents Page  The Power-Face Reverse Sweep  Hanging Draw (Static Draw)  Draw stroke on the move  Bow Draw  Sculling Support Stroke  External Links to Kayak Handling  Open Canoe Handling  Contents Page     Paddling tandem             Steve Patterson in an Open Boat - Crosby Marine Lake  J Stroke ***  Backwater Stroke  Cross-deck Backwater Stroke  Goon Stroke  Pitch Stroke  Reverse J Stroke  Pry or Push-away  Cross-bow draw   Canadian or Knifing J  Indian Stroke  C Stroke  Sculling over the Stern  Box Stroke  Outside Pivot Turn  Pry on the move  Inside Turn with J Stroke  Bow Jam  Reverse Sculling  Cross bow cut  Gunwhale Bobbing  Lining & Tracking  Capistrano flip  External Links to Open Canoe Handling  The Main (Modern) Types of Roll  Contents Page The Screw Roll  The Screw or Sweep ***  The Reverse Screw or Sweep Variation, the Back Deck Roll *  The C to C and / or vertical paddle roll ***  The C to C Variation: the Front Deck Roll  The Steyr Roll *  The Storm Roll *  The Hand Roll **  The Pawlata (Extended Paddle) **  The Backdeck or Dry Roll  External links to Rolling  Eskimo & Deep Water Rescues  Contents Page Deep water rescues. At Three Star level a paddler should be able to perform a very efficient deep water rescue. Although no specific time scale is mention in the syllabus, we would suggest that a good time to aim for is to have the paddler back in their boat in less than a minute after they capsized. It is recommended that boats are fully fitted out with airbags to assist in this. Joanne McCusker - X Rescue at Crosby   Eskimo Bow Rescue **  Eskimo Paddle or Side Rescue  Trapped Paddler Rescue or "Hand of God"  T or X Rescue ***  T / Ladder Rescue  H Rescue  HI or Ipswich Rescue ***  "All in" Rescue ***  The "Curl"  The Stirrup-assisted Rescue ***  Storm Rescue  Avataq or Paddle Float Roll  External Links to Rescues  Sea Kayaking Contents Page      An Introduction to Sea Kayaking    Freestyle (Rodeo) Moves  Contents Page                                                           Setting up for a Tricky-Wuu  Flat Water  Paddle Popper  Ploughing Loop or Floop (Ender from a Bow Stall)  Double Pump **  Stern-dip or Stern Squirt  Flat Water Cartwheel  Bow Squirt  Stern Stall  Bow Stall  Party Trick  Zero to Hero  Mystery Move  Cartwheel  Split Wheel  Clean Wheel  The Mary Lou  River Running  Contents Page  Seal Launch (Entry)  Crossbow Grab  Double Crossbow Grab  Boof  Melt Down  Rock Spin  Splat  Wave Wheel  Splat Wheel  Backwards Wave Wheel  Kickflip  Stopper or Hole  Contents Page  Side Surf  Spin  Piroutte  Whippet  Hand Spin  Screw Up  McTwist  Mystery Move  Blast ***  Rock-A-Baby  Cart Wheel  Blast Wheel  Split Wheel  Clean Wheel  Loop, Ender or Endo  Matrix  Back Loop   Wuwu  Tricky Wuu  Orbit  Wave  Contents Page  Front Surf (Carving)  Paddle Throws  Paddle Spin  Back Surf  Flat Spin  Ollie  Cross Bow Spin  Shuv-It  Olloe Oop  Blunt ***  Grind  Backstab  Clean Spin  Super Blunt  Aerial Blunt  Aerial Backstab  Aerial FlipTurn or Helix ***  Aerial Screw  Pan-Am  External Links to Freestyle Moves  Reading White Water Contents Page      Reading the River  Reading Water Concepts  The Bad Holes  Surfing  Ferry for control and fun!  Sidesurfing  Words of Wisdom to Avoid  Catch the Eddy Water Reading Performance Video  White Water Safety & Rescue Contents Page      River Signals - Safety - White Water Canoe Club Inc.    River Signals Contents Page      Basic River Signals  Paddler Magazine Online River Signals  Marathon Racing Contents Page      An Introduction to Marathon Racing    Surfing Contents Page      An Introduction to Surfing    Canoe Polo Contents Page      An Introduction to Canoe Polo       Return to Contents Page