How to do Bow Stalls in a Kayak

Video Transcript

"In one segment we mentioned vertical balance when you're up and vertical. In this segment, we're also going to mention how to be more balanced when you're in bow stall. A bow stall is when you stop your boat dead vertical and your bow is underneath the water. What I'm doing when I'm in a bow stall is I'm creating a triangle between my boat, my body, and my paddle. For balance, I can push on one blade or push on the other blade If my bow starts to slice from one side to the other side. If my bow starts moving towards my right, I'm going to need to push on my right blade to counter act that movement. If my bow starts moving too much and slicing too much to my left blade, I'll push on my left blade to counter act that movement. Along with those subtle forward and back motions that prevent our boat from falling forward or backwards. There's kind of 4 different things going on. Every motion should be slow so you have a lot of feel for your boat and control over your boat."