San Diego Kayaker

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Rolling, Rolling, keep those kayaks rolling

My plans to join Jay's paddle from Aqua Adventures up to the Crystal Pier and back, got squashed about 4am, when Ben woke us up not feeling well. He seems fine now, but after a trip to the ER just to be sure, I knew that I was not going to make it.

They had plans to help their Bubbe and Zayde do some planting, so I opted to load my kayak and head to the pool at Qualcomm to get in some much need roll practice. I left them to get all nice and dirty, and drove up to the pool. They were resurfacing the main parking lot around building Q, so I had a bit of walk to get to the pool.

There was one family just enjoying the water, so knew I would not be bothering anyone swimming for exercise. I had forgotten my kayak shirt, so I just had my PDF on top. Luckily, it was a pretty much perfect day in San Diego.

I fired off my first roll since blowing it during the 3 Star assessment, and popped right up. I did not want to over do it, but did about 12 rolls. Most we pretty good. There was one or two that were a bit ugly toward the end, but I was starting to feel it.

All in all, I was pleased with my success.

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