H e r e h o m e g r e e t i n g s ! b i o s v i d e o i t i n e r a r yUpdated b u i l d i n g Q a j a q f i t t i n g Q a j a q S O F W o r k s h o p sNEW O f S p e c i a l N o t e Q a a n n a t K a t t u f f i a t Q a j a q U S A H a r v e y G o l d e n ' s T r a d i t i o n a l A r c t i c S k i n b o a t s

Once upon a time...There was a qajaq-rolling junkie, who met a qajaq-rolling fool ;-) We had so much fun, we decided to wrap our heads and hearts around the idea that we would paddle, roll, and teach, all around this big blue ocean planet... ©2005, Cheri Perry & Turner Wilson at the 2005 Greenland National Kayaking Championships, Paamiut, Greenland Needless to say, this may be a circuitous and watery path, so if you would like to join us, or have us join you, be in touch! Where will we next be? Here! !!!NEWS FLASH!!! After many, many requests over the years, we are very close to the release of a rolling DVD. In conjunction with the incredibly-talented adventure cinematographer, Justine Curvengen, the creator of the 'This Is The Sea' Kayaking series. This is justine's first instructional DVD, and we can guarantee that you will be impressed with her efforts. In the works for over a year, filmed in several locations in different kayaks, using different blades, the DVD will focus on the primary real water rolls in our experience. The standard Greenland Roll, the Reverse Sweep Roll, and the Storm Roll. Breaking these down in great detail in an open and progressive method, you will see real students making and correcting real mistakes along their learning path, and you will see these rolls done well in the conditions that they are really meant for. (Hint: that does not involve flat pond water!) It will emphasize the strength of Greenlandic methods and attitudes about rolling, all the while demonstrating that these methods can be integrated into any most kayakers' skill set. While we truly believe these rolls are easier to learn with the GP, you will also see these techniques adapted for folks that use the Spoon or Euro blade. We hope that this material will be very useful for both students and instructors. In between hither and yon events, spring, summer, winter, fall, any time we are at home, in Maine, we are available, by appointment, to help you build your skinny stick skill set. There are always possibilities. Built to suit individuals and groups, beginners through advanced. If you would like to arrange private, semi-private or group instruction in Greenlandic technique, featuring low-volume kayaks, traditional paddles, norsaq, and tuiliq, for 1 to 8 students, please do not hesitate to contact us for more details on our offerings. Be your passion flat water, combat rolling, or paddling on/in calm or bumpy or salt water! Inquire by dropping us a line! We also build the gear!Turner builds, by order and commission, custom, skin on frame qajaq, as well as Greenlandic paddles, fit to your body and designed with the water you paddle in mind. You might be interested in his background in building and design, or the way he fits a paddler to a kayak. Contact Turner for more information. Interested in a Skin on Frame Kayak Workshop? We have SOF workshops here at the Barn in 2012, and we are available to begin setting up a late 2012-2013 schedule for SOF or paddle workshops. Check out workshop details here. Perhaps we can even manage sort one out for your neck of the woods at some point in the future? We did three workshops on the road last year, in Toronto, Canada, Catania, Sicily, and Forest Grove, Oregon last year. if you are interested in helping organize one and/or you have a venue that we can bring a workshop to for a couple of weeks, be in touch! Cheri offers yoga instruction to those individuals and groups who feel they can benefit. Whether you are limited by flexibility, or want to customize their yoga practice as a cross-training tool for paddling or rolling, she will share her insights into the many benefits yoga offers. Please contact her for more information. if you or your group have an interest or questions about any of these offerings, or would like to have us teach, demo, or present a talk/slideshow at a future event in your area. Be sure to check back here on a regular basis. We are always on the cusp of other announcements, both local and far away. If you would like to see us in your neighborhood this year or next, be in touch! Don't forget all that video footage of rolling that we will continue to serve! As they are quite big files, we only ask that once to view them you download them to your computer rather than continuing to reload them from our site. This will allow us to contiinue this free service to you without incurring any more additional server fees! Yikes! ALL material on this site © Kayak Ways, LLC, 2005-2012, unless otherwise noted. ALL rights reserved. Comments? Questions? Send mail to: h2o@kayakways.net G o T o p !