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
Kayak roll
…roll in a pool A kayaker surfaces at the end of a roll on whitewater Kayaker coming up from a roll on flat water A deliberate kayak roll A kayaker in a tuiliusaq, in the starting position for a siukkut tunusummillugu roll There are many types of roll, with variations on the common technique of combining a paddle…
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).