One of your absolute biggest mistakes that new kayakers make is choosing to in a slim, sleek and sexy kayak. The sleek kayak is built for speed and though can provide many exciting thrills moment has come also typically very jostled and jerked around. For a new kayaker this means usually rolling head first into drinking water.
If have to have mind swimming and know how to re-board your kayak from in the water, then be my guest try out the speedy brand. However for most beginner kayakers they want to stay dry and hopefully come up with their paddling destination.
Beginner’s Error.
I took a friend out paddling one time many in the past. We were in Deep Cove in Vancouver, B.C. and rented kayaks for the day with our destination to be a little island not past an acceptable limit out. I kayaked often before however for my friend it was his occasion. Being his period out and being an athletic type of a guy, he wanted the fastest boat available. Trying to explain the dynamics of the actual way the different shaped kayaks worked fell on deaf ear canal. My friends inexperience and slightly overzealous need for excitement had his focus centered solely on setting up a fast kayak.
As we had been renting the kayaks I made the choice that although have to know from experience. After a very brief verbal lesson we hit the water with our destination in sight. I noticed quickly that my friend was while on an extremely difficult experience controlling his kayak. I he would get the idea of it pretty quick though and paddled along my way. Within minutes I had covered a fair distance and realized that my friend was nowhere in appearance. After a quick panic sensation I soon burst into uncontrollable giggles as i realized that his kayak had rolled and all I could see was his head bobbing in normal water. Laughing so hard I could barely paddle I watched as a speed boat came to his rescue, hauled his embarrassed butt into their boat and helped him to get the water through his kayak.
Although my friend’s kayaking experience discovered not to a good one, has been created by far one on the funniest kayaking trips That i have ever had. His deflated ego paddled soaking wet onto our destination where we then switched kayaks. He then paddled the beginner kayak back to shore without other problems.
His mistake though a natural for period kayakers could be harmful. Though I were great laugh out of it, in reality it may been dangerous and disastrous had my friend hurt himself or been somewhere where help isn’t close just.
Lesson come to understand.
The lesson was definitely learned however. as a newbie kayaker it can be not necessary to be quickest boat within the water. The trick is to get a stable kayak and learn essentials before you move on to the speed.
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