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Kayak Roll Clinic Barrington YMCA

Posted by Bill Luther on 11/11/2008, 8:46 pm
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The RICKA Eskimo Rolling Clinic is scheduled at the Barrington YMCA for Saturday nights 6-8pm. There are two sessions, one is January 10th & 17th and the next one is January 31 & Feb 7. It is for members only. People who are not members can sign up on the Home Page. You can show up with towel, bathing suit and wet gear and we will take care of the rest. The cost will be $55.00 per two week session. Contact Bill Prijon@juno.com

See Page 5 of the newsletter for registration forms and practice time (without instruction)will be available for $10 per week or $15 for two weeks

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Re: Kayak Roll Clinic Barrington YMCA

Posted by Bill L on 11/13/2008, 11:22 am, in reply to "Kayak Roll Clinic Barrington YMCA"
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Addendum to Roll Clinic
We will require all participants to wear PFD's in the pool. Please bring one if you own one. We will aslo highly recommend that all participants wear a helmet if you own one. We hope to have a few spares available.

Because of the pool size we will not be able to accomodate long boats for practice 12' or longer. We hope to have at least only one available for practice when the time arrives. Please bring shorter boats.

Please e-mail me at Prijon@juno.com if you can not find a registration form.
I hope to be able to send one by e-mail as an attachment

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Re: Additional Helpful Gear

Posted by Chuck on 11/12/2008, 12:54 pm, in reply to "Kayak Roll Clinic Barrington YMCA"
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I recommend that (if you have it) you bring the following gear in addition to your swim suit and towel:

1. Nose plugs or clips...it is tough to learn to roll with a lot of chlorinated water rushing through your schnozz.

2. Your own paddle. Everyone uses paddles with different sized blades and angles. If you're going to roll with your paddle, you may as well learn with it too.

3. Your own PFD. Actually, that should be number 1, but I don't want to edit this.

4. A neoprene spray skirt. Nylon spray skirts do not work well for rolling, and you can't roll without a skirt. There will be some available, but fit is sometimes an issue.

5. Ear plugs...not really required, and hardly anyone wears them, but if you're susceptible to ear infections, they are good to have.

6. Goggles. Again, not really necessary, but are useful to see what is going on under water, and are a blessing for those with eyes sensitive to chlorine.

7. A good attitude. 'Nuf said.

-Chuck

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