Go sideways to get that candy bar from your kayak partner:

• Regular Draw Stroke, rainy day in WA, (16 megs)
• Regular Draw Stroke, against a current in FL, 2001 (876 k)
• Slice the paddle as a set-up for a sculling draw, Fl(619)
• Sculling Draw Stroke, on the Hudson, NY(1 meg)

Low Brace, one of my favorites

Your kayak is turning over? Start with this initial righting stroke. Shown in stages. Boat tilt (j-lean), tap, snap. When done in real life is all one motion. It's the snap that really counts.

Sweep Strokes, pinwheels - - Turn in a complete circle - use the edge like spinning a dime.

How fast can you perform a T-Rescue? When the water is cold, this is important!

Learning to roll the kayak can increase your confidence, save time, and contribute to safety. It's a muscle memory thing - find a qualified and experienced instructor to lead you through it the first time. Better yet, - Roll !

Rivers

Peel out, S-Turn - Snoqualamie Powerhouse (1444 k)

This little video has a few elements. I am showing an S-Turn by leaving an eddie (peel out), going down stream, executing a turn, and entering an eddie on the other side.
Note: My favorite way of peeling out:
Use SAL - speed, angle (to the current and eddy line), lean (boat tilt, moon the current).
Hold that edge while crossing the eddy line, feel the current sweep the bow.
Have a low brace ready for a reflexive brace (at first you can just paddle over the eddy line using the forward stroke for stability).

Next: Look where you want to go, rotate your torso in that direction. Take a short sweep on the other side (in this case the downstream side).

Enter the eddy.

Count how many strokes it takes you.