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what am I doing wrong (flatwater cartwheeling) 17 years 4 months ago #22368

coopertron Topic Author Offline Senior Member Posts: 35 Thank you received: 0	short video of one of my attempted cartwheels. please could you post either here or on youtube what I need to do to get the second end and then go onton the third? Thanks Ed
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Re:what am I doing wrong (flatwater cartwheeling) 17 years 4 months ago #22369

skirnir Offline Elite Member Posts: 162 Thank you received: 0	This is a cool way to get help. I'm not expert, but it looks like you are not leading the turn with your head and body.
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Re:what am I doing wrong (flatwater cartwheeling) 17 years 4 months ago #22518

Arson Offline Senior Member Posts: 35 Thank you received: 0	Jup, you stop winding up your upper body once you are on your bow. When you are at your bow, your just letting your boat fall over while you keep looking at your bow. You should, once you are on your bow, turn your upperbody around again, and then the boat will follow and you wont flatten out.
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Re:what am I doing wrong (flatwater cartwheeling) 17 years 4 months ago #22557

andrewwilliams530 Offline Senior Member Posts: 41 Thank you received: 0	Your leaning back when on the bow, the result is a loss off momentum an the boat flattening out. I know its counter instinctive but try and lean forward a bit more, and what the other folks said
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Re:what am I doing wrong (flatwater cartwheeling) 17 years 2 months ago #23275

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as soon as your bows in and your about to fall on the other edge of your boat your paddle should be right out the water

the most important part of cartwheelng is to LOOK THE WAY YOUR GOING. where the head goes the body follows, where the body goes the kayak follows.

tha hard part is learning to take the paddle right out the water and trusting the boat to get on its back end itself.

but look the way your cartwheeling and you cant go wrong

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Re:what am I doing wrong (flatwater cartwheeling) 17 years 2 months ago #23276

cjcc Offline Platinum Member Posts: 710 Thank you received: 1	You are doing the same thing as Dan (_Danger_). If you haven't already looked at his post, here it is: playak.com/index.php?option=com_kunena&I...w&id=22665&catid=109 . You both keep leaning back, causing the boat to slowly flatten out.
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Re:what am I doing wrong (flatwater cartwheeling) 17 years 2 months ago #23282

Laddie Offline Platinum Member Posts: 349 Thank you received: 0	finally saw your vid... Look through your cartwheel, you need to lead with your head, learn to do the stern without a paddle stroke... It will teach you proper body position... Look where you want to go
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