Sea Kayak Back Deck Roll Tips

Two pieces of advice on how to practise the back deck roll (or rodeo roll) in a sea kayak:
1. Wind up before going into the water so that you spin into the roll faster - helping to keep the momentum as you pass underneath the kayak, where there can be a tendency to get stuck in a long and rather heavy sea kayak.
2. Begin practising the roll with an extended paddle. It makes it a lot easier. And begin by practising the second half of the roll on one side of the kayak only (as seen at the beginning of the video).

[不死身のクマムシ]

That became an extremely useful resource for me. Use as a model.

[ByronWalter]

Good wordless break down for this roll. I'll give it a go this week. Thanks for the video.