KAYAK & CANOE LESSONS
No Experience Necessary!
Kayaking lessons are a
great way to improve paddling efficiency, build
confidence, and become a safer paddler. Whether
you want to learn how to kayak before purchasing
one, or already own one and want to improve your
skills, our teachers can work with you to build
a lesson that will meet your specific needs.
Our teachers
will spend two hours with you honing your
paddling technique and teaching you methods that
will allow you to continue to improve every time
you paddle.
The Basics
In order to
become a capable kayaker you’ll need a solid
foundation of basic skills to build off of. How
to properly sit in a kayak and hold a paddle are
so basic people often take them for granted, but
before you ever learn how to roll a kayak you’ll
need to learn these skills.
The Forwards Stroke
Your
forward stroke says a lot about how you paddle.
Are you stable and comfortable? Does your boat
turn the opposite direction every time you take
a stroke? Will you tire out after an hour of
paddling? Are you wasting energy with a choppy
stroke? We work with our pupils to make sure
that your forwards stroke helps you to remain
comfortable, stable, and unstrained so you can
spend more time enjoying the water and less time
struggling to stay straight.
Rescue Techniques
Even the most
experienced kayaker flips over sometimes but not
everyone is able to roll a kayak upright again.
But the fear of getting a little wet shouldn’t
keep anyone from kayaking. With the proper
technique a flipped and waterlogged kayak can be
upright, dry, and reentered in a matter of
moments. Let us teach you how in the calm waters
in front of our boathouse so you have to
competence to feel comfortable in rough weather.
We teach multi-boat and single boat rescue
techniques.
The Roll
Learning to
roll is an advanced technique most people devote
entire lessons to. The technique requires some
basic paddling ability and a willingness to get
wet. Like riding a bicycle, once you have the
motion memorized it will stay with you for a
long time. I
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