Good advice - keep your head near the centre of the Yak and you will stay upright. Another common cause of flipping is dropping something overboard then leaning over to retrieve it.
Yeah, there's a few things which seem like nothing but will catch you out in the blink of an eye. Unsnagging your line at your side, when it lets go you will roll the other way. When reeling up heavy fish offshore i always have the rod pointed to the front of the yak instead of off the side for that very reason too. Paddling directly down wind on a choppy day your kayak could spontaneously catch a wave and turn one way or the other, and if you don't guess correctly it's curtains. This happened to a guy at the Ewen Maddock comp this year, very expensive! Always come down wind at an angle so you know which way the kayak will go. It's all little things, but once you've consciously drilled them into your head like karate they'll become second nature.
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Good advice - keep your head near the centre of the Yak and you will stay upright. Another common cause of flipping is dropping something overboard then leaning over to retrieve it.
Yeah, there's a few things which seem like nothing but will catch you out in the blink of an eye.
Unsnagging your line at your side, when it lets go you will roll the other way. When reeling up heavy fish offshore i always have the rod pointed to the front of the yak instead of off the side for that very reason too.
Paddling directly down wind on a choppy day your kayak could spontaneously catch a wave and turn one way or the other, and if you don't guess correctly it's curtains. This happened to a guy at the Ewen Maddock comp this year, very expensive! Always come down wind at an angle so you know which way the kayak will go.
It's all little things, but once you've consciously drilled them into your head like karate they'll become second nature.
Solid video, good information