I know there is a kayak roll technique called a Pawlata roll. I do not know of one called a Watkins roll (although there may be such). Perhaps the reason for this is given in the quotation below:
The first non-Inuit known to have learned to roll was the Austrian, Edi Pawlata, who taught himself in 1927 after reading accounts by the explorers Nansen and Jophansen. An English explorer, Gino Watkins, learned directly from the Inuit in 1930, but unfortunately he disappeared on a trip to the Arctic soon afterwards. These early European rolls involved levering the body upright from the water with little or no hip flick.Posted by ronlusk at July 1, 2004 04:45 PM