Kayak roll
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A kayak roll is the act of righting a capsized kayak by use of body motion and/or a paddle. Typically this is done by lifting the torso towards the surface, rotating the hips to turn the kayak upwards
A demonstration of rolling as part of a traditional technique for hunting narwals.
An Inuk hunter with his kayak in 1854
A kayaker surfaces at the end of a roll on whitewater
Kayaker coming up from a roll on flat water
Tuilik
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A tuilik is an Inuit watertight jacket, used when paddling a kayak. It is sealed at the face, at the wrists and around the cockpit coaming. In this way the paddler can capsize and come back upright wi
Traditional West Greenland sealskin akuilisaq (left) and tuilik (right), ~1893 drawing.
A kayaker wearing a tuiliusaq (modern neoprene tuilik), in the starting position for a siukkut tunusummillugu rolling exercise.
A hunter in 1891 wearing a sealskin tuilik with a traditional narrow fit.
Seal intestine. Rear, an Eastern Arctic garment made of summer gut; front, an Alaskan garment made of winter gut (imarnin in the Yup'ik language of the Yup'ik and Cup'ik).