What makes a kayak tackle dangerous?
Contact and safety · Rule 10.22.3
Significant contact with an opponent's head or body, dangerous contact over the spray deck, or a hard side impact at around a right angle are illegal. A player carrying the ball must also avoid significant bow contact with another player's head or body.
How it works
Significant contact with an opponent's head or body, dangerous contact over the spray deck, or a hard side impact at around a right angle are illegal. A player carrying the ball must also avoid significant bow contact with another player's head or body. A lawful contest for the ball is not permission to endanger another player.
In a game
A tackler hits the side of an opponent's kayak hard at ninety degrees.
Remember
A lawful contest for the ball is not permission to endanger another player.