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Westwood Outdoors
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Westwood Outdoors was created by Andrew and Carole Westwood in order to provide a site where people can find the latest on paddling techniques, tips and ideas all pertaining to canoeing. Visit westwoodoutdoors.ca for information about books, videos, courses and events.
The skill videos on this site are designed as a general guide and not a substitute for experience. We do not take responsibility for the use of any of the materials or methods described. By following any of the procedures herein, you do so at your own risk.
The skill videos on this site are designed as a general guide and not a substitute for experience. We do not take responsibility for the use of any of the materials or methods described. By following any of the procedures herein, you do so at your own risk.
Eddy Exits Using SHARC
SHARC is a strategy that increases your speed when exiting an eddy. By intentionally exiting on a wide long arc, and once in the current shortening the arc, your canoe will go further and faster than if you had used just forward strokes. The SHARC strategy assists in crossing fast current particularly when a surf wave is not present to assist lateral movement. Using SHARC is just one of the tools that make a canoeist appear to move “magically” fast while appearing to be hardly paddling at all!
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Front Surfing
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One of the most entertaining moves for canoeists paddling whitewater is the front surf. In this video we break down the skills that unlock how to get on a surf wave and what to do once you're there. We cover the anatomy of a surf wave, what makes a good wave, doorways to get on, speed and angle, plus how to move around on the wave for full control of your surf. Finally, we also show a couple of...
Solo Canoe Roll
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This video describes the solo open canoe roll. It details the steps to the onside roll, modifications needed for the offside roll, plus, it provides some common trouble shooting tips. This version of the canoe roll introduces the concept of “Step and Flipper” as modification to the traditional low brace roll which paddlers have found gets them over the hump of developing a reliable solo canoe r...
Eddy Turns Using Wave Troughs
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Using wave troughs and wave interference patterns are the best strategy for eddy exits. "Eddy Turns Using Wave Troughs" is the second in a 3 part Eddy Turn series of videos showing the progression of Novice, Intermediate and Advanced eddy turn maneuvers. Look for "Eddy Turns Using Arcs" and "Eddy Turns Using ShARC". Additional resources include "Carving Tandem Eddy Turns Using MITH and for solo...
Eddy Turns Using Arcs
zhlédnutí 6KPřed 5 lety
Carving arc shaped paths is the most effective strategy for moving into and out of eddies in a canoe. "Eddy Turns Using Arcs" is the first in a 3 part Eddy Turn series of videos showing the progression of Novice, Intermediate and Advanced eddy turn maneuvers. Look for "Eddy Turns Using Wave Troughs" and "Eddy Turns Using SHArc". Additional resources include "Carving Tandem Eddy Turns Using MITH...
Carving Using 2x4
zhlédnutí 16KPřed 6 lety
This video is a modern approach to solo canoe carving turns used in catching eddies and front ferries. Learn how to carve arcs using 2X4 and acronym C.A.P.T. into and out of eddy pools, maintain momentum, and use bow waves to control your solo canoe.
Tandem Canoe Eddy Turns - Carving Using MITH
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This video is a modern approach to tandem canoe eddy turns. Learn how to carve arcs using MITH into and out of eddy pools, maintain stability, momentum, and the individual roles of bow and stern paddlers.
Tandem Front Ferry
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This video describes how to do a front ferry in a tandem canoe.
Tandem Braces
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Keep your hair dry while paddling white-water! Use these stability strokes to keep the open side up. The Righting Pry and Low Brace are the most effective stability strokes to prevent a capsize in the tandem canoe.
Essential Strokes For Tandem Maneuvers
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This video describes the essential whitewater canoe strokes used by tandem paddlers to perform basic maneuvers.
Very useful and easy to understand! I'm sure I'll be able to apply this to my own paddling!
Great to hear! If you have any questions reach out!
Hey Andrew and Carol - I always look forward to these tips. Great filming! Rory
Thanks Rory! Glad you like them.
Great video! Great technique!
Thanks!
Thanks a lot :)
You're welcome!
Awesome video. Please more Canoe footage! That was beautiful and super informative. Thank you.
It's awesome to see your content coming back to CZcams again. Always high quality, knowledgeable and wonderful to watch. Thanks for sharing this!
You're welcome! And thank you - it's been awhile but we're back!
Well said - I jumped in the air when I saw this video
Nice! And thanks!
@@westwoodoutdoors I think I have watched the CAPT video at least 30 times (no exaggeration, trying to learn) and the rolling video upwards of 15 times.
Here's hoping you will make more videos at a rate somewhat greater than every 3 years!!
Blame the pandemic - really!🤣 Other life issues took over but be assured, not going to take 3 years for the next ones!
Dear Andrew West Wood, I enjoyed the video. The video about canoeing was swell, exciting and fun to watch! I was more than delighted when i found your channel. Anyway, I can’t wait to be in your class this year (2020-2021)!! - Jacenly Al- Nabhan (ps. i love canoes and please stop forcing people to say skrizzors because of us.) (p.s.s It’s me Abbas I’m just proofreading this so Jacenly won’t have terrible grammar and punctuation have a great day!)
Great addition to the body of knowledge out there! Awesome footage and adding the green for wave interference patterns really helped make it obvious. I wonder - you didn’t mention carving vs a flat hull.
Thanks Stef! Great question. If your eddy exit follows an arcing path, generally tilt the canoe. If your exit involves front surfing out into current, keep the hull flat and save the tilt for arcing off of the wave. There may be exceptions to this technique, but the majority of time, this will enhance stability and lead to a successful eddy exit.
bow-woman really working hard and making it happen there! :)
The bow is the motor! Power and fine tuning manoeuvres is the bow role, stern roles are turn initiations and adding to the power.
Awesome video! Would love to see something on choosing river lines, lining up the canoe properly, etc :)
Noted! I'll let Andrew know to add it to the list. Good topic!
Great video, thank you!!
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Keep these videos coming! So helpful!
Looks like great fun! Thanks!
brilliantly explained
Thanks! Andrew is the master technician on all things paddling, and why things work. Physics and hydrodynamics 101!
VERY good instruction! Thanks!
You're welcome! Glad you like it!
i don't want to remember any of those technical names. i just want to feel the wave and the momentum and react.
Me too! Visual helps. Andrew is the technician and many people like to know why something works.
Well made video with lots of good pointers tips and information although I would have to say part of the trick is the leg straps that you guys are wearing I have a bigger an older white water canoe with a perception saddle that's made from plastic and even with the horns it is extremely hard to finish with your thighs when wet and upside down it wasn't till I bought the thigh straps and was secured in the canoe that I then had the ability to flipper back over. But definitely a great video.
Absolutely! Straps are essential.
Anything to keep your legs “locked” in really. Foam bulkhead good too. Toe pegs or foam are good to press against to keep yourself in place. Try not to relax the legs when you go upside down otherwise you’ll drop out of your canoe.
Awesome but sadly 90%of your strokes go WAY over your head, and you criss cross without switching hands: my poor shoulders pop out of joint just watching you... but it is good info and maybe I can adapt it (short low strokes close to the body, no cross strokes)
The cam forward technique which concentrates on using forward (no friction) (2x4) has X strokes. That's why our paddle length is shorter. I went from a 56 to 52 inch. Andrew went from 60 to 56. Saves those shoulders!
Did my first four rolls yesterday! Thank you so much for this!
Awesome!!
I love it, beautiful detail. Thanks
Great video. Thanks for posting -- I'm inspired! The canoe at the beginning and at the end looks like a Millbrook Shacho. Is that right and if so, what do you think of it?
You're right! We use glass boats for slalom racing. Sadly Esquif doesn't produce them. We have a Satcho, Ignitor, and a Prowler. Love them for racing. BTW the Spark was designed with Kaz (owner of Millbrook Boats)
Just Subscribed looking forward to seeing your videos maybe you can help me grow also please Subscribe thanks
Very nice. Can't wait to get back to whitewater canoeing this year, adding that back to the quiver from my canoe ultra racing and tripping.
We get it. We've been challenged in many ways over the past 3 years - note it took that much time to reply! Sorry about that....
Great video. I think I'll use this for my Boy Scout troop.
Thanks! We hope the troop will enjoy learning from it!
Great video for the new and old ww paddlers. Good info and excellent reminders.
Thanks!
will this work with a typical canoe without the bulkhead floatbags? I suppose you would have to have your thighs under the thwarts for starters.
Hey Mike, the rolling skill can be done the same way with your thighs wedged beneath the center thwart of your canoe. You may find that rolling without airbags is actually easier. With the reduced buoyancy you don't have to lift yourself as far above water.
Excellent and well made
Thank you for showing me how to roll a canoe on moving water not flat water or a swimming pool swimming pool
You're welcome!
Well done video. tandem canoeing requires that both paddlers know the strokes and also communicate as one during the maneuver. for me and my wife that is the hardest part.
It's really how each person in the boat perceives the move. We teach a course that looks at honing down communication in a tandem to ensure everything goes as planned. Eventually, nothing is said during paddling!
This video is easy to understand for someone like me that need visuals. Thank you for putting in the time for us just getting into white water. Can you please let me know the brand name of that paddle with the carbon handle and wood blade.
Hi Perry, the paddles we use are from Echo Paddles. The wood ones (called The Pursuit) are lovely and Andy Convery does a fantastic job. You can see the paddles at www.echopaddles.com
This is a solid video providing clear and accurate demos. Thanks for putting this together and publishing
You bet! And thank you for your comment.
Another great instructional video Andrew and Carol. Good job!
Thanks for the comment Rory!
Big thanks for this video to all the team, it helps a lot
You're welcome!
The troubleshooting section will help me get a consistent roll, Thanks
Yeah that a fun section to do. Thanks Mike!
Great video. I was looking for a video just like this! When are you releasing the tandem canoe roll video?:-)
Stay tuned! We are planning on doing one.
The tandem roll is the more experienced paddler "in the stern" holds his breath and waits for the dude in the front to bail out. Then you roll as normal...
Really well done video, very clear, pretty much the old Bob Foote low brace roll, but again well done, thanks to Andrew and Esquif.
Thanks Mike! Yes there are similarities and some key updates.
Way to go Andrew. Another exceptionally helpful video. Great work and thanks a bunch.
You're welcome!
great video Andrew. All your videos are a super awesome asset for all of us instructors. I really appreciate you contributions and I share and promote your videos often. Take care
Thanks for the positive comment! Glad to hear the the videos are being used to support instructors as well.
Well done. Thank you.
You're welcome!
Great instruction as usual! Well done and well explained.
Thank you!
good job guys awesome video this taught me a lot!
Glad you liked it!
Awesome! Can’t wait for parts 2&3!
Wow!
This is one of the best instructional videos I have seen. Easily understood explanations, a good analogy with the ball, and fantastic demonstrations. Obviously a lot of planning went into it and the production and editing was superb. Great work!
Thank you! We really take pride in what we publish, and want to make it clear for everyone to understand. Not only the how, but the why.
Amazing job. Love your instructional videos (and books).
Thanks Rob!
Well done guys! Love the kids playing ball analogy.
Thanks Willa! And a big thank you for being part of the videos.
Very good tutorial.Thanks
You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it!
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