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A paddle float may be used for reentry into a kayak after a capsize in open water. [1] It may also be used for a reentry and roll, or for training a kayak roll. There are two main variants of paddle floats; the inflatable variant and foam variant. The inflatable variant is more popular, but needs to be inflated before use.
Riverrunning (practitioners use one word) is the essential - and some would say most artful - form of kayaking. Whereas its derivative forms (described below under the headings of Creeking, Slalom, Playboating and Squirt boating) have evolved in response to the challenges posed by riverrunning, such as pushing the levels of difficulty and/or competing, riverrunning, of its own right, is more ...
An Eskimo rescue, bow rescue or T-rescue is a kayaking technique performed to recover a kayaker from a capsize without them having to leave their boat or perform a self-rescue such as a kayak roll. The advantages of this maneuver are that the kayaker does not have to get out of the kayak and the kayak does not then have to be emptied of water.
Canoe polo originated in the late 19th century in Great Britain, with Punch magazine publishing a picture entitled "Polo on the Sea" in 1875. [1] The modern sport was born in the demonstration event held at the National Canoe Exhibition in the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre of London in 1970.
The hip-flick, (sometimes called the hip-snap), is a technique used in kayaking to rotate the boat around its longest axis. It is fundamental to all kayaking techniques that return the boat to upright after a capsize, [1] such as the eskimo roll and eskimo rescue.
Listed below are the canoe sprint world best times in Sprint canoe and Sprint kayak events. The ICF only acknowledge world best times set in finals of Olympic Games, World Championships, World Cups, Continental Championships and "other canoe sprint events with acceptable high technical level".