fitting
Be one with your kayak
We specialize in custom fittings, making your kayak perfectly matched for your body, and allowing you to move as one.
storm
Roll your kayak
Traditional Greenland-style rolling is our focus. Learn the Storm, Reverse and Layback rolls to boost your confidence in any conditions.
Greenland
Traditional Style Paddling
Learn efficient strokes and rolling techniques with a traditional paddle, a product of thousands of years of refinement.
certified
Paddle Canada Skills
We also offer PC's Basic Kayak Skills, Level 1 Skills, and can offer customized, individual lessons to brush up on your skills.
We teach Greenland style rolling
Sea Kayaking in BC
The traditional Greenland kayak (‘qajaq’ or ᖃᔭᖅ in Inuit) and its paddle (‘pautik’ or ᐃᐅᓪ ᐹᓱᒥᑦ) have been in use for thousands of years by peoples indigenous to the polar regions for hunting. These tools are highly refined, practical and designed to suit their paddler. With proper skills and experience, both the kayak and paddle act as extensions of the paddler’s body.
With a well-fitted kayak, flexibility of the paddler, and carefully choreographed movements, rolling is an efficient artform that vastly increases safety and self-reliance on the sea.
Roll With It Kayaking, based in Victoria on Vancouver Island, offers rolling lessons, skills and training with traditional style paddles. Additionally, we offer Paddle Canada certifications skills and related services, to grow a kayaker’s confidence and passion for sea kayaking one step at a time. Come learn and have fun doing it!
Client Testimonials
“I’ve found that learning kayaking skills requires the student to be calm, receptive, poised and present. As a teacher, Raj has a warm and positive approach. He quickly builds trust and rapport with his students, allowing them to learn and perform at their best.”
A.P.
Client“We both found the lesson very useful. I really like the way you structured it with the on-shore session and the on-water practice with demonstrations and feedback. You have a great teaching style.”
J.B.
Client“When I found myself lagging behind other paddlers, I worked with Raj to review and improve my forward stroke. I saw immediate changes in my speed as he advised on my paddle hold, where to place power in my stroke, and how to edge with the paddle as unique to my specific kayak.”
