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A young Finnish kayaker put together this terrific site, using flash animations, to demonstrate many sea kayaking basicis such as rolling, rescues and the forward stroke. The English is a little off, but to my eye the color schemes are gorgeous, the animated illustrtations crisp, clear and uncluttered. Unfortunately, uncooped's upload function clips this sample image way off center, but I'm sure the tech guys will get that straightened out.  URL: kayakpaddling.net

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I came across this video from rock and sea productions showing the Brits' take on combining the seakayking cowboy scramble with a T rescue. The video's got good production values and includes bullet points. I did a mashup, published readers' comments, and added related links:http://paddlingtravelers.blogspot.com/2007/07/cowboy-t-scramble-rescue-british.html

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