Surfing a Canoe: how to surf a river wave.

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

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[@CyndiLH]

This is the difference between a good instructor and an amazing instructor...someone who is able to break it down in easier terrain...then build up to more complex context...nice!!

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

Thank you Cindy that is truly appreciated. I have spent my whole career in the outdoor always striving to do my best as an instructor to make the stages simpler and I am trying to show that in the videos. So again thank you.

[@one2oneCanoe]

Excellent finally the mystery unravelling, now to find a wave to practice on :-) Thanks

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

Have fun!

[@spoonerbooner]

Hay mile end mill! Cracking place for a paddle, and practice. Good the TNR outdoors are makeing the place better.

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

Yep I have learnt so much paddling there over the last thirty years. Seen it in in so many water levels and the changes in deposition and erosion differing flood levels do. Great place. Yep TNR folk are getting stuck in.

[@wayfarerchris.4116]

That was fantastic Ray, the skill you have controling your canoe is just endless and effortless. Amazing, thank you for sharing it with us. Chris H

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

Many thanks for your kind comment. Appreciated.😀

[@ThisIsWideAngle]

Man, I love this channel. I bought an inflatable canoe by gumotex a few weeks ago, because I don´t have the infrastructure for a solid one and even though I´m going on the water at least once a week I´m not satisfied. It´s fine for what it is and on a river it´s quite okay, but it has not the same characteristics like a canoe has and so much energy is wasted just to compensate for it´s bad control. In your videos you are showing such an effortless control and balance and efficiency which is really inspiring. I will now invest at least in an ally folding canoe and sell the gumotex. You are a great teacher!

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

The key is having a craft you can store at home and get to the water. I known folk do some amazing journeys in gumotex/pack rafts so for the adventure they are great. So don't despair. But as you say it is hard to get the same elegance from an inflatable. What ever you paddle keep safe and have fun.

[@ThisIsWideAngle]

@@RayGoodwinCanoe The Gumotex Palava is a very fine, high quality boat for what it is. And we actually did enjoy it to some degree. But sadly it wasn´t what I was striving for and it took me a couple of weeks to learn the lesson that it´s not worth to cut short the investment and take the compromise.

[@Xaco_NuAr]

Big thanks Ray!! This explanation is a great gift for all of us.

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

Glad it was helpful!

[@davidblyth4330]

Ah! So that's how you do it! 😁 Fab video Ray - super clear and great for learning as well as for improving our coaching. Brilliant! 👍

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

I seem to be doing myself out of a job 😅. But thank you, as ever, for your kind comments.

[@DavidSmith-bd1ct]

Another amazing video Ray, fascinating to see how the surfing skill is not just for fun but a good tool to have for river running. Many thanks

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

Thanks 👍 It also gives you increased confidence running down a lake with a big blow behind you.

[@richardmoses2105]

I think this is my most favourite video yet Ray! As Dave mentioned, great coaching resource as well 👍🏻

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

Great to hear! Thank you for that Richard.

[@j.t.c.9157]

You surf so well I thought you were gonna skim right up the river!

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

I have always loved surfing boats whether a river kayak, sea kayak or canoe. Such a pleasure to work with the river. Never did to surf a board though! Anyway thank you for your kind comment.

[@MrMjt888]

Best one yet Ray. Really useful to me, like it. Mike

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

Glad it was helpful. A lot of thought went into this one, mainly going in circles and trying to sort how to make it coherent. Anyway glad you liked it.

[@MrMjt888]

The second “I got water” is my favourite clip of Maya ever.

[@nigelgregory4777]

Hi Ray, hope you are all well, never thought that would be possible, absolutely brilliant these short instructual videos and really helpful to someone who is yet to start their canoe experience understand the various strokes and techniques. Many thanks, Nige.

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

Glad you find them useful. And thank you for the kind comment.

[@nigelgregory4777]

A bigger thank you is deserved by your self for making this freely available, I think it may help your business as when I have done my basic stuff I intend to come to you to expand my knowledge. Thankyou Ray, Nige.

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

@@nigelgregory4777 Wonderful. Thank you.

[@serpensphile]

Great Video! Thanks Ray! I just ordered your book and look forward to reading it over and over!

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

Hope you enjoy it (and find it useful). Cheers

[@downeastprimitiveskills7688]

Standing with a pole is fun as well.

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

It is indeed. But occasionally very wet. 😂

[@jimhayes5928]

again thank you for sharing your knowledge and always your videos are educational . visual aids such as this video are a powerful learning tool for me . Thanks Ray 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

Glad to be of help. Your kind comments are appreciated.

[@wrzlgummidge7663]

Nice one Ray, this was a great explainer. More on these skills please! Thanks and atb

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

More to come!

[@robbiesmith7386]

Thanks for another great video, Ray. Clear examples and explanations, as ever. Oh, and I'll definitely be trying the "surf-a-rope" next time I'm out! Wish I'd seen this before the surf attempt last year that led to my profile picture! 🤣. If you're not taking the odd swim, you're not pushing your skills. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it,, your honour...

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

Glad it was helpful even though in retrospect. We all take a swim if we are pushing hard enough, all part of the learning. 😅

[@Martin_G]

Excellent! Thanks for sharing.

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

My pleasure!

[@davidshanteau5724]

Another great video. I liked the practice on a rope. It is difficult to see the boat lean with the camera mounted on the boat.

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

Thanks for that David. Yep I struggled to capture that leaning, couldn't come up with an easy solution.

[@lawrencemartin1113]

Brilliant.

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

Thank you. Appreciated.

[@juliedavies3785]

Another top video Ray, just need someone to hold the rope for me now!!

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

Thanks for your kind comment. I hope your 'rope holder' search is successful

[@tombeckett4340]

Great job thanks.🇨🇦👍

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

Thanks Tom 👍 appreciated

[@martinoutdoors6941]

Great video

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

Thanks! Appreciated

[@markl2815]

Good clear stuff mate Hope you are getting out and back to “normalish” again

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

Glad you liked that Mark. Wales finally 'opened up' today. Taking it slow and will inch back into work. Gotta to decide what to do for the rest of the summer.

[@Welshboyo76]

Love it Ray ..... who was that handsome looking dog with the blue BA in the background :)

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

Would that be a Blod? Quiet for a moment thank goodness.😆

[@philschaefer4651]

Thanks again Ray. One question, when you're leaning away from the current, doesn't the boat, especially one with as much rocker as the Afon, tend to carve into the lean?

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

On a powerful wave, if you are not leaning you are swimming. So don't worry about the rocker which, if anything, is making life easier.

[@philschaefer4651]

@@RayGoodwinCanoe OK, thanks.

[@Tim8o1]

Nice and clear video, shame it's a few years too late for me to take full advantage of it, it would have saved me a fair amount of figuring out. You mentioned about the wave coming in at an angle: aka Reading what the water is doing. Food for another video?

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

Again thanks. Don't give me too many ideas though or i will be filming for years.

[@Tim8o1]

But that means you be boating for years too, y'know: to get the footage 😁

[@Tim8o1]

This vid is three years old! Can’t wait to get my boat out again, and see if I can still surf lol. Thanks Ray for popping it on FB 🛶🌊🤗

[@garethbarker9498]

Smoooth

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

Thank you. Appreciated

[@welshpaddler]

Once you have that sweet spot you become very selfish!

[@RayGoodwinCanoe]

welshpaddler oh yes. 😂 somebody has got to show the boys. 😊