Sunday, January 04, 2009

Rolling and comparing the Tahe Greenland kayak


Pierre-Yves (a French kayak-enthusiast) kindly allowed to publish this video of his friend Pierre-Dominique demonstrating some Greenland-style rolling with the Tahe Greenland kayak. They compared the Tahe Greenland to the Valley Anas Acuta: with a similar traditional hard-chined, low-volume-design, the Tahe is much faster and easier to roll. (And from own experience I can tell the Anas Acuta is already a great kayak to roll!).

Red kayak = Valley Anas Acuta, White kayak = Tahe Greenland (pictures by Pyve)

Side to side to the Tahe kayak - the graceful Anas Acuta looks like a giant!

Thanks Pyve for video and pictures!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

salut !
hello!
a new video for greenland rolling fans...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eC-3dISq8k

greetings
pyve

Anonymous said...

salut !
hello!
a new video for greenland rolling fans...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eC-3dISq8k

greetings
pyve

Hans Heupink said...

Hi Pyve!
That's a very nice video again. I am impressed by the clean forward ending Norsaq rolls of Pierre Dominique! Wauw!
Greetings,
Hans

Anonymous said...

haha - brilliant, made me laugh - i'm just starting off in sea kayaking and had the sense to 'enroll' in the 2 day course with oban kayaks (scotland).

nearly drowned doing the rescue part because i forgot to breath in! (must have looked pathetic!).
nearly drowned in the the pub after too.

greetings,
niall.

Hans Heupink said...

Hi Niall, Have fun with learing the roll! greetings,
Hans