Nat loves to spend more time in the water than on his surfski, apparently
On a recent paddle on my loaner Stellar SR I had a first-time experience of falling off the ski. My re-entry was awful and fortunately I had another paddler there to help a touch, but it worried me that I didn’t quite know how to get back on. So I turned to Team Fat Paddler member and Sydneysurfski.com blogger Nat, since he’s fallen off his surfski more than any other man on the face of the planet! Now he’s no expert of course, and gracefulness has never been his speciality, but he is effective!
So there you have it, a demo of The Bradford Method of fat blokes surfski re-entry. I expect I’m going to get lots of practice myself very soon! Cheers, FP
The Stellar SR surfski – stable, fast,a big cockpit, and can hold up fat blokes!
from the back-deck: slow & low! Re-entry & roll; theres a pedals! & tight-ass!
Personally I find the straddle method shown in the video more difficult (especially in big seas) than the sidesaddle method. Best to try both!
For an explanation of both methods, see:
http://tinyurl.com/7f88uvl
I’m with Rob, above, and strongly prefer the sidesaddle method as it is quicker and makes it so you don’t do the splits if your ski bucks on ya’ in rough seas.
Bottom line: If Nat’s way works for you, do it!
I agree Rob & Eric, but I can’t do it, so I’m stuck with this method for the time being. FP didn’t mention he was filming this BTW 🙂
No I didnt Nat, although I did stand 3 metres from you with a camera outstretched pointed at you the whole time and mention afterwards that I’d just video’d it! 🙂