Qajaq Rolling!

This site is dedicated to Greenland style Rolling!  I want to guide you through the Greenland Rolling Competition list by sharing my path, successes and failures. Have a look in the menu above to get some hints and tips on how I got through that roll.
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David Täng

Welcome to Qajaq Rolling

This site is mainly devoted to Qajaq rolling. I build Skin on Frame Qajaqs and Greenland Paddles as well so there may be some information and updates for those subjects as well. When I started rolling I had just started paddling and I didn't have…

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1 Side Sculling

Easy? Well it can be, and not... Whenever I fail any back-finishing rolls I go back to basics - to side sculling. It's easy to start cheating, not using your complete range of motion and the tools available. To get a 2 point score you…

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2 Chest Sculling

I thought chest sculling was a piece of cake, then I started checking what I need to do to get the two points. First of all I need to scull, previously I simply used a pry to recover. To be able to scull all the…

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3 Standard Greenland Roll

The Standard Greenland Roll was the first one I learned in a bathtub of a kayak with a europaddle. I can roll most anything with this roll, I haven't tried a canoe but a surfski worked fine. I was self taught but I don't recommend…

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4 Paddle in Crook of Arm

The Paddle held in the Crook of Arm roll is very similar to the SGR-Standard Greenland Roll. Everything is the same and feels the same as long as I've managed to capsize. It took a while until I could twist my body far enough to…

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