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 23/03/22

15 Roll with Arms Crossed

The Roll with Arms Crossed is basically the same as a Storm roll. With the arms crossed I can't lean forward as much and it is difficult to get a good sweep. When I first tried this roll I only used a pry to recover,…

David Täng 23/03/22

16 Sculling with the Paddle held Under the Kayak

Of the sculling rolls going all the way around I think this is the easiest. I got a very low volume qajaq so I can easily reach around and then it helps me to tuck low over the foredeck. There isn't much to tell which…

David Täng 23/03/22

17 Successive Storm Rolls

Now this is a set of rolls what can be easy if I only set out to do 3 in 10 seconds or madly difficult if I go for 6. With simply doing my normal Storm roll over and over I can possibly manage 3…

David Täng 23/03/22

18 Successive Standard Rolls

By now you have probably have a reliable Greenland Standard Roll. Normally I try to do my rolls as slow as possible to develop my technique but this is different. Nothing to it? Well if you are satisfied with 3 rolls in 10 seconds fine,…

David Täng 23/03/23

19 Roll with Hunting Float/Avataq

This is a great illustration of one of the difficulties with the avataq roll. I simply love the catapult when my friend gets shot back into the water, thank you for letting me use the footage Johanna. As you can see in the sequence above…