That depends on wether they have a sit-on-top or sit-in kayak. SIK you NEED to learn the roll, SOT you just fall off. For rivers you wnt a SIK and for fishing a SOT is prefered.

 

+1

 

what you mean by roll...u mean like a barrel roll? and why would u need to do that? lol

 

so that when ya get tossed over.. you know to make urself come back up to the top and stay up.. i guess. it's like driving.. try to lose contorl sometimes so that when it really happens you know how to react. (just my guess but seems smart to me)

 

i assumed you got a SIK like the previous post mentioned, but you're going to want to learn how to roll yourself back up if you get flipped upside down (instead of having to do a wet exit everytime). it's a little harder than you might think because when you're upside down and underwater things start to get disorienting

 

yea i guess you got a point..wheres a good place to practice that?

 

Go over to Appomattox River Company to ask when their next class is. www.paddleva.com is their websiste, good people.

 

There is some good places in West Virginia. Blue Ridge Outfitters I think was the name of the one I went to.