Basic Canoeing: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started

Basic Canoeing: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started

Basic Canoeing: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started

Basic Canoeing: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started

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Overview

2003 National Outdoor Book Award WinnerStep-by-step photos on correct form and essential strokesIllustrated guide to river maneuvers plus information on gear, safety, choosing a canoeThis illustrated guide on the essential skills of canoeing should be required reading for anyone getting into the sport. A section on the mechanics of good paddling is followed by a catalog of the most important strokes, each illustrated in sequential photos, with concise text on the key points. Essential river maneuvers—eddy turns, peel-outs, and ferries—are demonstrated by the Olympic paddling team of Wayne Dickert and Horace Holden, Jr.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780811726443
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Publication date: 01/01/2003
Series: How To Basics
Edition description: 1ST
Pages: 128
Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Wayne Dickert is a professional kayaker and canoeist who competed in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. He is currently the manager of instruction for the Nantahala Outdoor Center in Bryson City, North Carolina. Photographer Skip Brown shoots outdoor sports and recreational activities for books and magazines. He is a Class V paddler, an advanced-rated hang glider pilot, and an accomplished windsurfer, snowboarder, and mountain biker. He lives on the Potomac River in Maryland with his wife and son. Taina Litwak is a professional illustrator, former president of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, and a certified medical illustrator.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsiv
Introductionv
1.Fundamentals1
Lifting and Carrying the Canoe
Launching and Landing
Trim and Pivot Point
Paddling Body Mechanics
Vision
2.Forward and Corrective Strokes11
Forward Stroke
Corrective Strokes
Sit 'n' Switch
Roles of Bow and Stern Paddler
3.More Strokes23
Pry Strokes
Draw Strokes
Sweep Strokes
Cross Strokes
Back Strokes
Low Braces
Tandem Combinations
4.On the Water43
Reading the River
River Moves
International Scale of River Difficulty
Portaging and Lining
Wind and Waves in Open Water
5.Boats, Paddles, and Gear63
Canoes
Paddles
PFDs
River Gear
Clothing
6.Safety and Rescue71
Preventing Accidents
Universal River Signals
River Rescue
Flatwater Rescue
Paddling Injuries and First Aid
Cartopping81
Resources87
Index89
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