news flash!

i rolled!!!

i was even considering not going to roll training but i'm so glad i did. fiona (from ireland) worked with me one on one and she started by holding the paddle how it should be at the end of the sweep stroke, and just had me do hip flicks up, which was really helpful i think, because all the other times i'm so concentrated on the arms part i'm already overwhelmed by the time i get to that part.

after that (and a break to get the water out of my nose cause i'm dumb and forgot my nose plug) she did a little guiding of my paddle, and sort of helped me get it so i wasn't diving the paddle, which is my usual problem. after that, i just sort of could do it! it's a little jerky, but once i started i could do it most of the times i tried. fiona tried shoving my boat around as if i were in the river, and i even did it with no goggles several times! she told me to go do it when nobody was watching me and just bang loud if i needed a t-rescue, but i never even needed one! yay!

now i can't wait for another trip so i can try it in the river!