How to kickflip - Walker Edens

Kickflipping is one of the most fun downriver moves you can do on the Ottawa. The first thing you need to know how to do to kickflip is backdeck roll. For a backdeck roll you put pressure on the water with your paddle in the back of your boat while rolling. To finish the backdeck you push down on your paddle and hip snap. Position your paddle diagonal to the corner of the stern of your boat. That was the hardest part pf the kickflip. To kickflip you paddle up a wave and take a hard left forward strokes on the lip of the wave then go into a backdeck in mid air. If you don't get enough air then you can finish your backdeck when you land on the water. Once you get good at kickflips they become more and more fun.