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How to Initiate a Loop Trick in Advanced Kayaking

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Summary: Learn how to initiate a loop move in this free kayak video and advanced kayaking lesson.

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By James Sullivan
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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

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"I'm going to discuss the loop in 2 parts. The first part to the loop is the initiation of it. The initiation of the loop is entering your boat into the hole, trying to pop your boat up into the air as much as possible. The placement of your initiation is really important. I want to initiate my bow right here. Right there is the seam between the green water and the foam. If I can get my bow there, it's going to get a nice pop up into the air. I don't want to initiate farther upstream into that area. If I hit the green water more, I'm more likely to get rejected back. Once my bow goes into the seam, I'm going to throw my weight forward hard in order to push the boat into the water deeply. Once my boat gets in the water deeply, I'm going to lean back, reach up to the sky, and try and get as much lift as I can. From going from this position to leaning back, I'm going to really elevate my boat up into the air. When I'm at the peak of my elevation, I'm going to throw my hands down forward to the front of my area and that's going to give a lot of rotation into the move, and we're going to do a front flip in our kayak."

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