Sea Kayak Essentials [DVD]

New in 2011, Sea Kayak Essentials is an excellent instructional DVD for sea kayakers of all abilities looking to develop their paddling skills in open water sea conditions.Focusing on solid foundations for advanced performance, clearly-structured chapters introduce: 5 Essentials of Boat Speed, Angle and Trim; Body Position, Stroke Linking Fundamentals of Posture, Connectivity, Feel and Power Transfer Core skills of Forward paddling, Balancing and Turning Use of the Skeg Boat Awareness exercises Applied skills chapters include: Open Water Forward Paddling, in wind and waves Moving Water Skills: crossing eddy lines, ferry gliding and using waves Tide race paddling: effective paddling in bigger conditions Rock hopping: applied skills and strategies in close quarters Surfing skills: launching and landing techniques, surf zone skills An additional surfing skills chapter also includes detailed analysis of the tide race paddling skills displayed in Cackle TV’s “This is the Sea 3”, plus superb footage.