how to fail and succeed at kayaking by amanda eckhoff

     kayaking is a hard sport, and it takes alot of time and commitment to learn the basics and skills.while you are learning the different styles kayaking ,or improve your skills you will fail miserably over and over agin until you finnaly get it right.As a keener my last few days have been filled with epic fails.After experiencing failure i know what skills i can apply to experience success.

 racing

when you are racing it is important to get a good head start, have a strong paddle stroke, and to choose a good line.The way you start a race plays a huge role in the results off the race because it is much easier to be ahead of someone instead of being behind them.one wensday a starded off with an amazing head start and i stayed ahead until i got stuck in an edddy,this is why chooseing a good line is important.In order to het ahead and stat ahead of a racer tou must have a proper padddle stroke.if you have achived this skills you are no longer a failure at racing.

playboating

one of the main keys of playboatig is to have fun a learning  tricks in a wave or whole the right size for your level.there are seval waves or holes that you can learn diffrent moves in but if you try a move in something big or not ment for that type of featre you may find yourself in not all that fun of a situation,for example getting worked.

running rivers

one of the main jeys to running rivers is a strong paddle stoke and boof stroke.if you do not paddle or boof you may find yourself getting sucked in a hole.when i was kayaking i did not boof this drop and i got stuck in this pretty nasty hole that luckly i was able to get out of.this is one of the main ways you could end up falling and swimming.

swimming

if you find yourself swimming you have already failed but you still have a chance at having a safe and sucessful swim. one of the most imporant things you must do when tou bail from your kayak is to look for the saffrst eddy and path to swim down and in.i was swimming with the keeners and we were if you find yourself freaking out you mat hurt youself and fail to make it to sore safley,so it is important to remain calm.

If you can acheve the skills above then you are a dessent kayaker withe many fails ahead and if you have not well then you have alot of things to improve on