FREESTYLE, UNLOCKED

In this column, Bartosz shares the magic of freestyle. More than just learning tricks, developing freestyle skills will progress your kayaking by allowing you to feel more confident on the river and more comfortable and controlled in challenging situations.

By Bartosz Czauderna

KEEP THE ROTATION WHILE BEING INVERTED-TIME FOR A PAN AM In preparation for the 2023 Freestyle World Championships at Good Wave in Columbus, GA, USA, we continue developing our wave boating to get you in shape! TAKING THE BLUNT OVER VERTICAL We’ve already learned how to initiate moves on a wave using rail drive and how to transition the rail drive into vertical ends to throwdown blunts (Both covered in #KS79). Now, to step up the game, getting more air and more points, we will learn how to invert our boats with a Pan Am. In ICF rules, the Pan Am is an "elevated aerial rotation on green water at a vertical angle greater than 90°, clear of the foam pile at some point, where the freestyler rotates around the bow of the boat."…

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Kayak Session (Digital) - 1 Issue, Spring 2023

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