July 19th - Elk Lake (#50)

Paulo and I went for a short evening paddle at Elk Lake to practice our rolls in warm water. A beutiful evening. I watched a couple of double sculls capsize and recover which was neat to see.

Elk lake relative to home

the elk lake track

3 km, YTD 589 km

June 23rd - Elk Lake (#47)

I went up to Elk Lake for a SISKA meet and spent a couple of hours playing around with my new Northern Light paddles. Lynn, Brian, Michael and Dorothea were there too and all of us were using GPs at some point!
The lake is soooo warm!

4 km, YTD 494 km

November 28th - Elk Lake( #106)

I helped Gary to coach a forward stroke clinic for SISKA. We had a classroom session in the morning and then a on water session in the afternoon. I picked up a few pointers and it was wierd using a euro paddle for a change!

Interesting mix of satellite and air photo resolution in this track image!

5 km, 3 NM, YTD 1243

 

August 13 - Elk Lake (#81)

I went up to Elk lake on a rather damp evening to host SISKA’s “Ask a Pro” session, but the weather kept most takers away. So I was able to focus on practicing my rolls in the Tahe with Bill.
I discovered as a side effect of trying Bill’s boat how inmportant it is to be seated somewhat forward of the back of the cockpit when doing rolls.
1 km, YTD 828 km

a sample SPOT messsage:

OK ESN:0-7349589
SPOT Check OK. Group is well. Check out the location using the link below.
ESN:0-7349589
Latitude:48.5252
Longitude:-123.3876
Nearest Location:not known
Distance:not known
Time:08/13/2009 18:02:50 (America/Vancouver)
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=48.5252,-123.3876&ll=48.5252,-123.3876&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1

July 9 - Elk Lake (#62)

I went up to Elk lake to practice rolling the Tahe Greenland and also to help out at the SISKA gathering. Gary A did a on shore session on boat design and I was on the water helping with some draws, rescues and other strokes. As you can see from the track there were quite a few “wiggles”.

3 km, 1.5 NM, YTD 660 km.

June 11 - Elk Lake (#50)

I went up to Elk Lake for the SISKA gathering and spent an hour or so rolling in my Greenland SOF. Practiced forward and reverse rolls, chest sculling, butterfly rolls, static braces, and norsaq rolls. I also practiced a wet exit in the SOF – it was easy enough to get out, but without adequate flotation it was very hard to get back in. Eventually the only way of getting back in and up was to do a reentry and roll and then a lot of pumping!

2 km, 1 NM, YTD 501 km.

May 31 - another day rolling with Dubside (#41)

I did not put on any kms today but had a great morning and afternoon with two more clinics with Dubside. I definitely improved my rolling, learning a few new ones and refining some “old” ones. The morning was at the ORS dock and the afternoon was at Elk Lake

Yours truly doing a static brace. By the end of the day I was doing this without a norsaq or paddle!

From 2009-05-31_dubside

A video of me doing a norsaq roll

May 30 - cadboro Bay with Dubside (#40)

Mike, Dan, Yasu, Ellen and I participated in a Greenland Paddling clinic led by Dubside. We learned about the history of modern greenland kayaking and then developed our strokes on the water. In the afternoon we went to Beaver lake to do a beginner rolling clinic. Fun was had by all!

5 Km, 3NM, YTD 427 km

May 28th - Elk Lake #39

While Monica was Rowing I went for a recce paddle from Eagle Beach to Beaver Lake to look at the best locations for the clinics this weekend. Water was warm and I did quite a few rolls and braces. I think beaver Lake is the best option. I was also there briefly for the SISKA “romp” but had to leave early so as to go to a play at school (which was great!).

5 km, 3NM, YTD 422km