Wind Strategies for Kayakers: Challenges, Solutions, & Mastery
By Jay Gitomer
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Wind Strategies for Kayakers helps paddlers use the wind to their advantage. This booklet tells you everything you need to know about wind effects on your boat and how to use the wind to improve your performance. Loaded with practical advice and plenty of diagrams, this booklet will help you turn a negative into a positive and take your sport to the next level.
Jay Gitomer
Jay Gitomer is the owner-operator of Blue World Paddlesports and the founder of Babes with Blades All-Women, No-Yelling Paddling Events. She is an ACA Level 3 Coastal Kayak Instructor, BCU UKCC Level 1 Paddlesports Coach, and BCU 4-Star Leader. She is known for her creative, fun approach to training. Jay runs the paddleboard club Baltimore Boards, is a former coordinator of the Chesapeake Paddlers Association, and volunteers with Team River Runner to help wounded service people. Jay also sits on the Advisory Committee of the Safety Education and Instruction Council of the American Canoe Association.
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Wind Strategies for Kayakers - Jay Gitomer
WIND STRATEGIES FOR KAYAKERS
Challenges, Solutions, & Mastery
by Jay Gitomer
Copyright 2013 Jay Gitomer
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Wind Basics
Performance
Winding Up the Wind Lesson
Connect with the Author
Free Book Sample
About the Author
~INTRODUCTION~
In my early days as a paddler, I would drive to launch sites with one eye nervously on every flag I passed. I was happy when the flags hung slackly, but if the flags had any movement, I got a little nervous. To me, the wind was an unpredictable beast that churned up the water and made paddling difficult and maybe scary.
A few years have gone by, and now when I see flags flapping on the way to a launch, I’m excited about what lies instore. Knowing how to deal with wind adds an interesting level