I wait in the line as corner wave roars next to me. Some guy I don't know is throwing blunts, spins, flashbacks and a lot of other stuff that is really cool. As he sits on the wave for ever, I think about what I can do... NOTHING. Even though I have been paddling for a while my play skills are not there because well... I don't play much. So this is it. I have to do something now. When the fiberglass boat guy is finally flushed off the wave, I make my way in. I push Over the eddy line and work my way onto the wave. Here I am, chilling fairly comfortably, but still not doing anything. OK, lets spin. Having tried this many times but never actually making it around, I am not really sure how this will turn out, but hey, got to keep trying.
Here is how I know it is supposed to go:
- Face up stream and decide which way you want to spin,
- Take a backward sweep stroke on the side that you want to spin to.
- Now that you have done this, be sure to keep looking up stream as your boat begins to rotate, as is the point of a spin. As you turn keep the upstream edge up.
- If you did this successfully, you will now be backwards.
- Now take a forward sweep stroke on the other side. Like with the back sweep stroke, you want to keep your upstream edge up and make sure to look up river.
- Theoretically, your spin is now complete.
Now I have known these steps for a while, but never been able to execute. I start with the back sweep. WOW, look at this, Im still up, and backwards! Now the forward sweep. I place my paddle in the water at my toes and pull to my hips. SUCCESS! My first trick!
Baker
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