Core Skills — Dancing With The Sea

Main benefit you will get

This is for you if:

You are new to kayaking and want to learn to move with your kayak to make learning the skills quicker
You have been paddling for a while but feel stuck in your progress
You are aging and want to learn to be more efficient to make paddling easier

Learn the fundamental way to move your body to make it easier to maneuver, brace, roll. This will make anything you do with your kayak more effective and feel easier and more natureal on the body.

Learn to get a feel for your blade angle so that you are getting quick support for a brace or a roll, and for making turns more effective. Often when the paddle isn’t giving enough support the cause is the paddle angle.

Learn to edge your kayak and still use your hips to power all your strokes. This gives you the ability to use the shape of your kayak to turn with ease, and also to use your powerful hips to power the turns, making paddling feel much easier.

Course Outline +

Course Lessons

Finding your safety level

Staying warm

Power paddling against head wind

Low brace in rough water

High brace

Turning in the waves-high brace

Stern rudders

Storm paddle

Rolling in waves-exercise for stronger hip

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Richard S. Costello – August 30, 2019

I bought a tuilik from Comfort Paddling a couple years ago and have been loving it ever since. Never could I have imagined, how instrumental this lone piece of gear would become in the advancement partly of my own kayaking & rolling skills, prior to purchasing it. Without question, it has been that much of a game-changer for me personally, when looking back on its contribution thus far. Great quality, and excellent workmanship = 100% customer satisfaction! Job well done Paulo!!

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James Struthers – June 10, 2019

This is the single best piece of kayaking equipment (besides my kayak), tha I have. I wear is with a pair of goretex dry pants and, one of the things that I like is that I can dress somewhat normally under it, since it is plenty roomy. It is fantastically comfortable and breathes really well. I like that it does not have the same restrictive feel as a dry top with spray skirt. Rolling and bracing are greatly simplified since body rotation is totally unimpeded.

The build quality of this thing is amazing, with really good attention to detail and superior workmanship. I will be spending a lot of time in this thing and I really don't think that I will wear it out. It does pool water in the cockpit area, but this is a minor issue. Oh, one thing I was worried about was wearing this with a PFD; no problem. Flexibility is still good, although I will probably replace with a lower profile one when my current one dies.

Thanks a well-crafted and thoughtful garment Paulo. After seeing this thing, my wife started saving up for one.

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Geoff Johnson – May 2, 2018

I bought my Tuilik a few years ago, which was custom-made perfectly to the measurements I gave. I paddle regularly and this thing is DURABLE. All the seems are still intact after much rough use, with nothing more than a spray down and hang dry after each use. And if you're learning the rolls in cold water, just add a neoprene or fleece cap under the hood for a comfortable session without the dreaded 'Freezie-head' effect! If you want to be connected to both the boat and to time-tested tradition, I recommend Paulo's Tuilik.

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Rich Greenberg – November 2, 2017

Well, my wife got her Tuilik yesterday, and like me, she is very happy. We didn't have much time, but did a quick paddle at a local lake and she loved way it worked in conjunction with her dry pants. She stayed dry and warm, and found it much easier to paddle than with a dry-suit. Like me, she was very impressed with the workmanship. Terrific product!

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Rich Greenberg – October 25, 2017

As Anne says above, I love my tuilik, too. The craftsmanship is evident, the fit is excellent, and the result is a much more wearable system when combined with dry bibs than a full dry suit - all at a very reasonable price. As Paulo indicates in his videos, due to the design, it is much easier to move your core and hips and perform various actions such as paddling, bracing and rolling. After seeing my tuilik/bib combination, my wife ordered one from Paulo as well, and is eagerly awaiting it.

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