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Summary: Learn how to do a clean spin trick in this free kayak video and advanced kayaking lesson.
James Sullivan introduced to whitewater kayaking at age 12, James Sullivan is currently a head instructor at Zoar Outdoor, and a member of Team Z. Team Z is a group of sponsored...read more
"Clean spins are a great way to spin really quickly in a hole and on a feature. Clean spins take a lot of edge control because you're trying to match your boat edge to the currents edge to get a nice smooth spin. What a clean spin is taking a drastic bow pivot stroke, really winding your boat, spinning your boat on the way over the hole, and then continuing the rotation by winding with your torso. The little dry land example. I'm going to do a bow pivot first and rotate and pull my boat all the way back around in a circle. When we do this on a hole, it's really important to lead that second part with our eyes, find our focal point of the hole that we were trying to get back into again. The more we drop our edge in our angle, the more you can use the currents of the hole, that spin corner, to bring the boat around. "
eHow Article: How to do Clean Spins Tricks for Advanced Kayaking