How to do a Cartwheel. (Joseph Pancharian)

1. Set up on the top of the pile ready to initiate your first end.

You can do this by surfing to the top of the pile or using a spin to get you to the top.

2. Come down the pile and aim to initiate your first end into the seam where the green water meets the foam pile. Do this by putting your boat on edge and doing your double pump just before your boat hits the green water.

Look upstream and lift the bow up using a forward double pump stroke and then slam it into the water keeping your posture neutral and your boat on edge.

3. Try to keep your balance over the boat. Use the slam stroke to bring your bow all the way through the water and stern up into the air. You will also want to use your legs to guide your boat down into the water.

4. The moment your boat is vertical and your stern is straight in the air take your initiation stroke out of the water and put your other blade in the water ready to do a forward sweep. Your boat will natural fall into the second end so you want to get head of the boat and be ready to pull it through.

( This is all going to happen super quick so be ready to get off that intuition stroke and into position for the forward sweep stroke quickly. )

5. Look around and upstream and get ready. You want to wait until your stern hits the water to do this forward sweep.  Have it ready before then but save the power until the stern hits so you can use it to pull your stern through the water and your bow up into the air.

6. Again as the boat comes over vertical it will natural begin to fall for the next end. To keep the cartwheels going and go for that third end, be ready and as the bow goes over vertical get ahead of the boat and get your paddle in position to do another back sweep stroke to smash the bow back into the water and the stern back into the air.

7. Wait until the boat falls and as it is about to hit the water apply the power from the back stroke and lift your stern up into the air and push your feet and bow down and through the water once more.

8. As the boat passes over vertical get ready to repeat stage 4 – 7 and cartwheel away end over end until you are dizzy or tired and have to stop.

If you follow the steps correctly you will pull of a beautiful cartwheel.

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