Product Details
- Starring: Claude Allègre
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- Binding: VHS Tape
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- EAN: 9780966056938
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- Format: Color, NTSC
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- ISBN: 0966056930
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- Number of Items: 1
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- Product Group: Video
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- Release Date: 1996-01-01
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- Title: Performance Sea Kayaking
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Product Description: Kayaking offers a world of opportunity. Whatever your ability, its a magical way to get to some amazing places. To enjoy it, you'll need the basics, the building blocks for performance paddling. Join the experts as they explain the important elements of paddling strokes and safety. See paddling skills demonstrated and learn the essence of paddling efficiently so you'll tire less on your next trip. See how to recover from a capsize, and unlock the secrets of the eskimo roll. Hear the experts talk about navigation, big crossings, and dealing with wind and weather. All this information is presented in a lively, watchable manner. Features the Pacific Northwest coast and TASK sea kayak symposium, North shore of Lake Superior and the Apostle Islands, Southern California coast, the Channel Islands and big surf, Maine, and a top secret high mountain lake. Appearances and/ or assistance from: Ken Fink - Navigation Guru, Shelly Johnson - Paddlesport Instructor and consultant, Greg Barton - Olympic Gold medalist, Ocean Kayak paddler, Wayne Horodowich - Chairman of Task Instructor Exchange, Eric Soares & Jim Kakuk - Tsunami Rangers extreme sea kayak club, Randy Carlson - Univ. Minnesota National Kayak Institute director.
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Customer Reviews
Nicely Presented!
The video was very informative, well paced for the beginner as well as those of us that need a 'kayaking fix' in the cold weather. It provides clear, concise instruction/review. I will probably wear it out!
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Performance Sea Kayaking
Outstanding video! Excellent coverage of sea kayaking techniques including bracing and rescue. Was very helpful to my white water yaking as well, by applying some of these bracing methods. Highly recommended, you wont be disappointed.
Dan
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Well worth your time!
This tape, as with any, is not a replacement for either instruction or practice. However, the production quality is excellent and the information is presented well. I am a whitewater kayaker and I am making the transition to sea kayaking (the body doesn't seem to recover as quickly as it use to). I don't think the skills are broken down quite enough in the video for a "newbie" but, the inherent risks are emphasized and presented well so that a beginner will seek out proper instruction or apprenticeship with an experienced paddler. I can't wait to get on the water.
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Very Helpful. I've watched it repeatedly
There aren't a whole lot of sea kayak videos out there to choose from, so there's not a lot to compare this to. However, I do highly recommend this video. It covers a lot of ground (or water, if you prefer); and it does it in a very helpful way. It covers the basics and even some more advanced topics. It's important to note that you can't really learn any of these techniques by watching a video. You can only do that by getting out on the water and paddling. However, good videos like these help you when you're out there by clueing you in to the kinds of techniques you should be learning; and helping you to visualize the motions as you're practicing them.
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A Must for Beginners
As a beginning sea kayaker, I found this video to be clear, concise, and well produced. It covers all of the basic, and
some not so basic, topics of sea kayaking. I'm sure that I
will watch this again and again. It has certainly fueled
my excitement for the sport.
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