The Dubcast With Dubside
Greenland style sea kayaking expert Dubside shares personal insights on Greenland style sea kayaking, kayak rolling, urban paddling in Philadelphia, the Greenland National Kayaking Championships, and Greenlandic language, culture, and music.
The Dubcast With Dubside
DUBCAST #61: KUSSARSARLUNI PAARNEQ-The Lost Art of the Superfast Kayak Stroke
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Dubside
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Season 2
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Episode 61
IN THIS EPISODE:
In the olden days, the great Inuit seal hunters knew of a paddling technique which was used to make a kayak go really fast, called kussarsarluni paarneq. Dubside explains how it might have worked. Plus the music of Nanook, "Sivittorpormi" (It Has Indeed Been A Long Time).
LINKS:
- Eastern Arctic Kayaks: History, Design, Technique by John Heath
- Efraim Adolfsen describes kussarsarluni paarneq
- Nanook, Seinitta Qinngorpaatit