The Bow Draw -- Whitewater Kayaking with Anna Levesque

Learn how to perform the Bow Draw, a useful maneuver in whitewater and flat water kayaking. #TeamDagger professional paddler and ACA instructor Anna Levesque, walks us through the technique.
For more information about Anna, her clinics, webinars, podcast, and coaching opportunities visit: annalevesque.com/

[@ralphnicosia-rusin966]

Thanks for this lesson, look forward to more.

[@jehu-kayak]

Great thoughts Anna. Stacked hands is great to highlight and glad you added combo strokes! The way you worded your comment on an active bow draw made it seem like bow draws always have to be active, in other words, dynamic. But I find static bow draws very helpful in many cases. In fact, I plant static bow draws all the time and then combine into a forward stroke. Maybe you didn't mean to say it like that so thought I'd clarify! The use of static vs. dynamic bow draws is dictated by your goal.

[@shredandenjoy7311]

Thanks for taking the time to highlight how it's not for starting a turn and it's risk to your shoulder. I see this stroke misused the most!

[@peekayboo7183]

As someone that will never whitewater kayak unless they start putting motors on them this looks really silly. You're being pulled by the current, of course you're going to need to push against it to turn.