Eddy turn (entering an eddy)
Also: eddy turn, eddying out
In an eddy turn you leave the current and enter an eddy. The boat is edged upstream.
Wikibooks calls the eddy turn the most important technique to master before running easy whitewater rivers. You aim for a point above the eddy because the current carries the boat along, cross the eddy line with momentum and edge upstream.
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