The first weekend in October I attended the Delmarva Paddler's Retreat in Lewes, Delaware. The focus of delmarva is greenland kayaking and rolling. There are rolling demonstrations, on water rolling classing, boat building classes, ropes gymnastics and this year there was an on water kayak wedding. It was a full weekend. On the photo page there are three videos: a video of Alison Sigethy rolling to music, a video of James Hartford playing the bagpipes, and a video of the kayak wedding.

I took my SOF racing kayak and worked with Alison in the water on Saturday learning how to do a C to C roll. I thought I had my roll down prior to the Blackburn but I don't think I had a combat roll ... meaning I don't think I could do it under duress. That's pretty crucial because you usually don't roll your kayak unless you're under duress.

Kayaks of Greenland : The History and Development of the Greenlandic Hunting Kayak, 1600-2000

-Susanita