{"id":624,"date":"2016-01-05T20:44:04","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T04:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mwenda.com\/creatures\/?page_id=624"},"modified":"2025-12-21T04:34:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T04:34:04","slug":"my-kayak-roll","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/mwenda.com\/seacreatures\/?page_id=624","title":{"rendered":"My kayak roll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The little turn at the end adds some drama, but it&#8217;s not really part of the demonstration &#8212; this stroke should look more like a high brace than a forward sweep. \u00a0Imagine the effect when I remember not to push with my right hand!<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-624-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/mwenda.com\/seacreatures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/practice2.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/mwenda.com\/seacreatures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/practice2.mp4\">http:\/\/mwenda.com\/seacreatures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/practice2.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>Still, it\u00a0has\u00a0worked the last ninety-nine\u00a0times out of a hundred, including five wipeouts in the Pacific surf and four dunks in the Snoqualmie River.<\/p>\n<p>This skill was slow in coming (it is probably best to begin learning prior to reaching retirement\u00a0age). \u00a0Before we moved to Mexico in 2009 we did a couple of pool sessions with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.outdooradventurecenter.com\/\">Outdoor Adventures Center<\/a> in Redmond; but it took several trips back North before I got the hang of this. \u00a0I credit my eventual success to the wisdom and patience of my friends at the \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nwoc.com\/\">Northwest Outdoor Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Out-takes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mwenda.com\/seacreatures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/offside.mp4\">My offside roll.<\/a> From the beginning, I believed that it was important to be able to execute this maneuver from either side. (5.7 Mb)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mwenda.com\/seacreatures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SmallSandRoll.mp4\">Sand roll,<\/a> featuring Leif and Susan. (26.2 Mb, with sound)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mwenda.com\/seacreatures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SmLoretoExit.mp4\">Wet exit.<\/a> When all else fails. (8.4 Mb)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The little turn at the end adds some drama, but it&#8217;s not really part of the demonstration &#8212; this stroke should look more like a high brace than a forward sweep. \u00a0Imagine the effect when I remember not to push &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/mwenda.com\/seacreatures\/?page_id=624\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":165,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-624","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mwenda.com\/seacreatures\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mwenda.com\/seacreatures\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mwenda.com\/seacreatures\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mwenda.com\/seacreatures\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mwenda.com\/seacreatures\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=624"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/mwenda.com\/seacreatures\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1531,"href":"http:\/\/mwenda.com\/seacreatures\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/624\/revisions\/1531"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mwenda.com\/seacreatures\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mwenda.com\/seacreatures\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}