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Re: Wanting to find some old-school trick names... DangerJudy New
Re: whip-it , wingover, mctwist, one-eyed-jack, shudder-rudder, pop-up <NT> <NT> 1F New
Re: Except for pop-up, which I think is an ender, what do these terms mean? <NT> Dangerjudy New
Date: Jun 05 2003, 14:05 GMT
From: 1F

	Let's see if I can remember some of these. Whip-it: If memory serves me correct, that is: 1. get in a hole 2. start a traditional 360 (no initiation, like in a cartwheeel, just a flat spin in the pile) 3. once you rotate 180 degrees, instead of just doing another 180 degree rotation, actively sink your stern so that the front of the boat whips around and you end up facing upstream in the hole again. This was obviously more dramatic with a big long boat, hence the name whip-it.   4. This move is very often done today, and not called a whip-it. I don't know if people call it anything.   5. NOTE: the "whip" part of this move was typically done using a sweep stroke on the outside edge of rotation. Ex: if you are spinning clockwise, start spin with left side sweep, once around look back into hole and again pull on the left blade to bring the boat around. This is only significant because. . . The wing over is just the above, but you plant your paddle on the inside of circle of rotation, i.e. start rotation with left sweep, but change sides of boat with paddle to pull the boat around. I don't know if you can visualize this or not, but this is a more difficult move, and usually happens a little slower than the whip it. Mctwist I think is just an off- vertical cartwheel. A one arm jack is where you do a stern squirt, then hold one arm across your body, with the paddle blade parallel to the boat, and rotate the boat around the blade in the water. I dont know if this was a popular name for the move, but it is what we called it. The shudder rudder is an old school front surf move where you establish a front surf, then lay back on your deck and place your paddle blade as far back as you can, steering the boat like a rudder. You back should be arched, and you should effectively be looking at the sky or downstream, depending on your flexibility. You can also move your hand from the shaft of the paddle to the blade of the paddle, to allow you to reach even further back witht the blade that is in the water. Oh yeah, you should have your paddle shaft as close to vertical as you can get it.   go here for a picture (french) http://www.chez.com/kayak/freestyle/figure/shudder-rudder.htm I think a pop-up is a an ender that did not get all the way up. I did a web search and found this guide, with some classic old school rodeo stars like Bob McDonough http://gorp.com/gorp/activity/paddling/strodeo.htm hope this helps.

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