Table of Contents
Introduction vii
Chapter 1 The 12-Minute Stroke Drill Warm-Up 1
Getting Started 3
Head, Paddle, Boat, and Body 3
Committing the Rules to Habit 8
Chapter 2 The Concepts: Speed, Angle, Arc, and Spin-Momentum 9
Chapter 3 Forward Stroke 11
The Stroke 11
Chapter 4 Reverse Stroke 19
The Stroke 19
Chapter 5 Primary Turning Strokes 26
The First Two Rules of Turning 27
Forward Sweep 27
Reverse Sweep 31
Chapter 6 Secondary Turning Strokes 35
The Turning Force of Spin-Momentum 36
The Third Rule of Turning 37
Draw Stroke 37
The Fourth Rule of Turning 45
Compound Strokes 46
C-Stroke 46
S-Turn Stroke 54
Reverse Compound Stroke 62
Offside C-Stroke 70
Sideslip Stroke 74
Reverse Sweep Torso Drill 77
Squirt Stroke 78
Initiation Stroke for Playboating 81
Chapter 7 Applying the Strokes and Concepts to Whitewater 84
Four Whitewater Concepts 84
Eddy Turns 85
Ferrying 91
Whitewater S-Turns 98
Surfing Holes 99
Surfing Waves 108
Boofing 109
Booting over Holes 115
Summary 117
