Comin' back from the 'dark side', request assistance w c1

[QuicoReed]

Hey howdy hey! I am the proud new owner of my first c1 (Dagger Atom, arrives tomorrow, I cannot WAIT to get out on a river.


I can't express how excited and happy I am. I started paddling in open canoes, when I went to white water I bought an Dagger Legend and my wife and I paddled some easy stuff together but she was a little too scared of whitewater, eventually I wanted to get a decked boat and I fell in love with the Atom, but 6 years ago you just couldn't get an Atom for cheap, so I waited...and waited...

And I turned to the dark side. Yes, I went kayaking. I owned about 5 kayaks (still have two) and cut my teeth on whitewater but I kept watching the C1ers and it looked so dang elegant, I knew that one day I'd just HAVE to come back tothe canoe.

Finally I have my dream boat! And if everything goes well, I'll be moving out to Colorado, so the Atom will get a great workout on lots of rivers out yonder.

But then I realized...I don't know how to roll a C1!

so... I'm looking for some good C1 instruction videos, Iwant to learn the strokes properly from the start to avoid learning bad habits.

What can I find online that shows step by step how to roll the C1?
How about the other strokes?
I've got good canoe strokes, but my understanding is that youdon't really do J strokes in C1s, so what do you all recommend?

Thanks again and I hope to see you on a river somewhere!

Q [/i]

[bearboater]

Quico,
check out the Kent Ford C1 challenge, it is extremely outdated, but it is one of the best how to Roll a C1, and paddle a C1 videos there are out there. i think it is still available at performancevideos.com. not positive, but I think so. and when are you moving out to Colo? I work there. we have a huge Junior Olympic Festival this year, and if you can, things begin around june 21st I believe, and they go for like 20 days... should be rad. anyhow, hope that helps
-isaac

[bamaboater]

c boaters are the dark side, luke.

you were hangin with the wrong crowd in those jedi buttboaters.

[QuicoReed]

[quote="bamaboater"]c boaters are the dark side, luke.[/quote]

Oh....

So, is there NO redemption in going C1?

But Master Yoda told me...oh, nevermind.

[bearboater]

i think wer'e all screwed. Go Boof yourself.
Skaal
-Isaac