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Kayak: The Animated Manual of Intermediate and Advanced Whitewater Technique | 
 enlarge | Author: William Nealy
Publisher: Menasha Ridge Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 217706
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 184
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 6.8 x 0.4
ISBN: 0897320506
Dewey Decimal Number: 797.1220289
EAN: 9780897320504
ASIN: 0897320506
Publication Date: March 1, 1986
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Amazon.com Review
Anyone who kayaks--or would like to--will get a laugh out of Kayak: The Animated Manual of Intermediate and Advanced Whitewater Technique. Author William Nealy draws on his 12 years of whitewater experience to combine instruction and kayaking philosophies with his offbeat sense of humor. Through animated diagrams, Nealy explains intermediate paddling techniques, different types of Eskimo rolls, river rescue, and running a river at flood stage. The chapter on hydrotypography ("the art of using watery features to your maximum advantage") provides an excellent tutorial on river dynamics. The book's animated style is especially useful for illustrating the dynamics of eddies, ledges, holes, and other river features. Despite the humor, safety is Nealy's primary message in Kayak.
Product Description
This, the best-selling how-to-kayak manual in the world, is still as fresh and relevant as ever. Illustrations show readers everything about technique, playing, body English, rescue, and hydrology.
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GREAT book on everything that is kayaking January 2, 2008
This is a great book on kayaking. William Nealy does a great job of explaining basic and advanced techniques through a combination of words and illustrations. He does all of this while adding a great dose of humor at the same time. Even though this book is a few years old, it is the best book I have found at explaining how rivers work and what is going on under the surface of the water. William Nealy explains how to roll, brace, self-rescue, and rescue others. He explains many concepts that are difficult to explain. As someone just starting to kayak, I have found this book an invaluable asset to have in my aresenal. If you find this book available - get it - you will not regret your purchase.
Kayak: The Animated Manual of Intermediate and Advanced Whitewater Technique September 13, 2005
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Great book! The best book I have found for those looking to understand whitewater.
If you paddle rivers, you want this book! April 8, 2004
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Most introductory paddling books begin with equipment and clothing, run through basic strokes and present a couple of simple moves, eddying out and peeling out, for example, with some fundamental river information thrown in at the end. The assumption is that you will learn what you need to know on the water.This book is different. It may very well be the best introduction to flowing water on the market. Though it is supposed to be for advanced paddlers, the information and techniques it imparts are useful to boaters of all skill levels. It teaches you to approach a rapid and to figure out how it works, and what it will do to you when you get into it. Nealy's cartoons are humorous and engaging, and offer him a visual means of explaining a sport that doesn't generally translate well into print. I generally re-read my copy a couple of times a year.
Great Book for any level July 15, 2002
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Nealy does a great job of conveying his to-the-point descriptions in terminology that even the most novice of paddler can understand. Keep in mind that this book is geared towards the paddler that has been in the water a few times, but it is still a great book if you have never even sat in a kayak. As far as a read, it is great. This is a real page turner with tons of diagrams. I had absolutly no question about what the author was trying to say. Overall, it is an excellent book and well worth the money
This is THE best! January 13, 2002
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
For ANYBODY interested in Kayaking ... this is THE book!I found it very informative, while also being highly amusing. The illustrations in this book are very entertaining.
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