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Hi and thanks for the comment, one of my main faults its not being aggressive enough especially when im unsure and this was a prime example, I think t was the 1st or second time in that eddy too but at least I know what to expect in future, btw, I've not been in it since lol. Thanks again and safe paddling :)

Hi, thanks for the comment and advice. This is a 197cm bent paddle and my hands are on the angled section. If I moved them closer, that would move them off the angled sections, defeating the bent paddle's purpose. I do agree with the paddle angle though, I am trying to be more mindful of that. Thanks again :)

@@SubParPaddler Must just be the wide angle of the camera. I struggled/floundered for the first few months because my hands weren't far enough from the blades and nobody pointed it out to me! Was out on the weekend and realised I'm also still lazy with lifting AND squeezing my knees on my thigh grippers. That course you are on looks ace!

Hi, nice to speak to you and thank you, yes, this is what really need, I did some pool sessions over the last winter in the hopes that i would get some help but it was few and far between. I will have to see if there is anyone local to LV that can help on the days that i go down there, i dont mind losing 30 minutes or so just rolling.

Hi, its the Werner Surge, I wanted the Stikine but no where had it in stock at that time :( If you can try some paddles out that would be better, I think Matt at the Shop at LV may do this, or you local club or shop?

Hi, and yeah, you're spot on, I really want to get stuck in a hole or carve across the green (actual drop), I just don't have the bottle, I really need a buddy to encourage etc. As for surfing a bigger wave, have you seen my surfing? Lol 😂 as soon as I hit the smooth the bow gets thrown out, I need to do that more so I can get used to the power :)

Thanks,I think my head is the main issue most of the time, that and at times i forget to hip flick and stamp the opposite foot, too much to remember lol

@@SubParPaddlerHead but also try keep paddle on surface, push blade up and watch it mover over the surface, follow it with eyes can still get up even if head comes up, it shouldn’t but if is possible if blade stays towards surface

Sorry, its hard to judge how loud it should be, I will back it off some on future videos.

Hi, yes, 100% they are great for carving and quick turns but I'm not quite there yet, if you're not on the ball they trip you up quite easily.

Ha cool, I was hoping you'd see it, I can't believe how many times you tried and still rolled up, I am pooped at 2 tries max lol, well done :)

Hi, I use amalgamating tape as its thicker and softer feel than eleccy tape and then i sand it back a little not much though.

Thank you, that session felt good for the most part :)

I take it you passed, congrats :) You can't miss me, I will be the one that looks like he doesn't have a clue ;)

Hi, I go once a week, if I could afford the fuel I would go more often. As for the Olympic, thanks for the vote of confidence but Ive not even gotten fully into a hole yet (nerves lol) and from what I can tell, that's a must for the Olympic, not only that, I can't roll consistently and that would be beneficial on there. I may very well take the advanced course (Olympic) next year, in the meantime I'm hoping to practice in the holes on the Legacy :)

Hi, I put that there becuase I keep catching my thumb knuckle on it.

You're very welcome, they've helped me no end watching them back, especially when I was on the Developing WW course, shows me where I've gone wrong and I can see how to fix it next time, doesn't always work mind :/ see you on the course, I am there this Saturday morning :)

Thanks, I thought that was the case.

Your rolls are looking good mate. Epic video as always. 🤙🏻

Thank you, i just wish they were consistent :/

I think it was only yhr 2nd time in that eddy, might even been the 1st time and being new to white water i didnt realise that i needed a fair bit of power ro paddle out into the flow, a mistake only a rookie could make :)

Yep, they just take longer to edit as i cant do them in a full sitting, this one will be a bit shorter too as I wasnt there as long as i normally am.

Thank you :)

Cheers chap :)

www.better.org.uk/leisure-centre/lee-valley/white-water-centre

Thank you :)

Thank you :)

Thank you, just needs to be every time now, come back next year lol :)

Story of my life is that lol :) I've not tried it since, I should have another go, I will try to remember next weekend :)

Hi, I can only remember 1 at the corner, but that's not to say there wasn't one further down though, oh hold on, I have just watched my 1st run in the full video and at that time there was only 1 bank staff to cover the whole course. Perhaps it's because there weren't many paddlers on the course for that session. As you can see from my videos, no water on the Legacy is out of my comfort zone, some drops hate me of course and made me somewhat anxious (not so much now) but I am comfortable in swimming in all sections. What is not good is that there is nothing at those blocks that aid self-extraction, i.e. no step and no lips/small protrusions like there are on all of the other blocks that I have swam at. I wasn't aware that the biggest drop was like this, it came as a surprise because it made self-extraction that much harder. I am all for helping oneself but if the means are not there how are we supposed to do so as per the declaration? Not to blow my own trumpet here but not everyone will know how to chimney climb, it is only because I used to rock climb that gave me the idea to do so. When I finally figured out that I had to chimney climb and managed to get out, the bank staff was still standing on the corner, i.e. they weren't busy helping someone else, I was peed off because it meant that they didn't or couldn't see me in that eddy and also, it meant the staff/instructor that paddled past me whilst I was standing in that eddy didn't raise the alarm either. My concern was and still is, what if I was a youngun and or injured or worse, does the declaration really absolve all or does having bank staff actually place some liability on the centre? I'm just spitballing, I am not saying it does or it doesn't, it's just a thought that has been in my head since then.

Hi, I am just referring to the smooth water on the drop, on a river it would be green in colour and not white (the boily stuff)

@@SubParPaddler on river or the Lee valley legacy place, that area on the “river” is called a hole but Ik what you mean, and sometimes what you call “smooth part” isn’t always smooth on a river😂😂

Ah OK, ta, I only heard it called the green, certainly on the US videos :)

Hi, Stuart, I am there every weekend at present and whilst I prefer a Saturday morning, the actual day is dependent. I check the bookings all week and wait till Friday evening to book it, if its not overly busy then I will do the 2x 1hr sessions on the Saturday morning, if it is busy then I will do the Sunday. This coming weekend I am busy Sunday so I have already booked the 2x 1hr slots Saturday morning.

@@SubParPaddler Might see you there this week

​@@stuartreedsadventures See ya there then 😀 hopefully it doesn't rain too hard, I don't wanna get wet 🤣

Thank you, Leigh :)

Hi, nice to meet you even if i didnt see you lol, no, of course i don't mind, I need all the help i can get lol If i am 100% honest, i dont even remeber doing the hip flick, all i can remember is the sweep, not saying I didn't but as you say, in the heat of things, so i probably did, I also noticed how easy it was to come up there, i think the flow aided somewhat cause its never been that easy, it caught me off guard. Its definitely a goal of mine, that and side surf, ferry across a bigger drop and maybe surf a bigger wave than those tiny ones lol

Nice to meet you too, was it you that helped with my roll?

Thanks, I think this eddy has got me at least once before, found it, its like de'ja vu lol th-cam.com/video/jzpHkVXZEPI/w-d-xo.html

Ha ha ha, I do have a bad habit of repeating myself :D

Thank you, I do feel the same, I just wish i had the guts to try a ferry across a bigger drop, stuck in a hole and learn to blooming roll lol

Hi, Tony, I am glad you found them useful as that's one of the reasons why I decided to buy the camera, to help fellow paddlers and to show exactly what not to do and to learn from my mistakes. When I watch them back during editing (many times) they helped me to progress through the Developing WW course and pass the assessment because I could/can see where I was/am going wrong. Thanks for the tip re rolling, I think the flow actually helped when I tried it this time when on the course because it felt very easy but the 2nd reset I caught the paddle on a very shallow part (2ft deep at the most) oh and had I actually hip snapped I may have done it lol, and that's my problem, remembering to do each step and as a rule, I will forget at least 1 or 2 steps and sometimes all but the sweep. The main ones I forget are the hip snap and the opposite foot stamp. Well done with your roll and congrats for getting one on the course and yeah, gimmie a shout, I am in an old Burn (2) not B. Two and either a purple Sweets helmet or green WRSI, probably the purple one though, you really cannot miss me :D

Thanks, I appreciate it, I mean, ya can't be any worse than me lol I am 52 this year and I tell ya what, I certainly feel it at LV and even more so after a swim or 5 lol, The water is not only clean, its really warm from around late Spring to late Autumn, good luck with yours :)

I appreciate you saying that, I have a long way to go :)

I loved that program :)

Crazy really. The whole point of the legacy course is that it's there for beginner and intermediate paddlers and is accessible, with the Olympic there when you feel ready for it. I thought you handled this really well mate, and have seen people handle swims on the legacy far less gracefully. Good luck on the water 👊

Thank you, very much appreciated :)

Hi Daz, thank you for the advice, it's much appreciated, the 1st time I tried I felt the blade take the dive, I am quite certain that I don't have the flexibility any longer to be able to reach and get the blade out of the water, it's one of the reasons I am trying to do the sweep as opposed to the C to C. I am quite comfortable underwater but it was my 1st time with this lady so i suppose there could have been a small trust issue, I only swam that time because I dropped back down again but had very little breath left in me, I used to smoke and now vape so that doesn't help any and the latter is why you may hear me clearing my voice (I do edit many of those out though). I know the steps needed for the roll, I go through them quite often but my problem is, as soon as I go over I forget at least one of the steps but normally all but the sweep lol and yeah, I think all of the rolls that I have managed to do have been momentum rolls :/ Last year I joined a club with the main reason to learn the roll during the summer but no one wanted to get into the cold river, so I started going to the pool sessions I think I only managed to practice the roll for about 3 sessions. LV is really good for that as it is warmer than the pool but it's finding someone willing so I may have to wait till winter again. Thanks again :)

Thats what I am hoping, I need to get out fo my comfort zone :)

Thank you, very miuch appreciated, the paddle felt so different to previous swimming sessions, hopefully it stays that way :)

Thanks, I certainly felt more confident, some of those swims were silly mistakes but this time i didnt let it get to me, plus, the water was lovely lol It was also my 1st time with out a drysuit or my storm pants and cag :)

Hi, it's the DJI Action 4 mounted to my helmet. upload even a small bit and send me the link to have a look, which GoPro is it?

Hero 10. I will admit I’m not that au fait with camera stuff but I can see from your videos how helpful they could be when trying to improve.

That should be an ok camera, when you say the footage aint great, what do you mean, the angle, or quailty or _______?

I think it’s probably because I haven’t set it up for action type filming, resolution, frame speed etc. Typical bloke, didn’t read the manual.

@@swimmerbytrade if I recall, Gopro have over heating issues, much like DJI lol, if you want to record full sessions then perhaps 1080 with 60fps (in case you want to slow any of it down), I find that's a happy medium with my camera, it will record for about 1hr 40mins, I do have to change the battery of I do 2x 1hr sessions but OK for the 90mins sessions. If you want to film in 4k then it may not last the hr before it overheats, or the battery runs out. If you will be editing oba laptop or pc (or apple) some software will upscale 1080 to 4k so you can film in 1080 and get the longest possible video and still have 4k, but depending on you editing device speed, it can take a while to encode, my last video took around 6 hrs to encode to 4k lol but then it is a very old i7 laptop. TH-cam is your best friend, anything you don't know, stick it in the search bar :)

Thank you, I hope so :)

I really need to practice the roll a lot more than I am...