2-Day Parent/Child Novice Kayak Clinic
Top 3 Reasons to Go
- Learn the skills of whitewater kayaking as a family.
- Our friendly professional instructors are ACA certified and love passing on their passion for the sport. Our ratio of 1 instructor to 4 students assures lots of personal attention.
- Our full service adventure resort offers onsite camping and lodging
Parent/child kayaking clinics are a great way for families to learn kayaking, get outside and also spend time together. Our parent/child kayaking clinics are appropriate for children between 10 and 16 and one or both parents.
Using a games-oriented approach, we teach the basic maneuvers on flatwater before transitioning to moving water and then on to whitewater kayaking. You will learn essential river moves including eddy turns, peel outs and ferries.
WHAT TO EXPECT AND HOW TO PREPARE
Goal of the clinic:
To introduce the sport of whitewater canoeing or kayaking and teach the basic techniques for safe paddling.
Who should take the clinic:
To take this course you should be in reasonable physical condition, be comfortable in the water, and have an interest in paddling.
What will be covered:
After introducing the sport and the equipment, we will get our first taste of the boats in the security of a pond where we can practice exiting and leaning the kayak and learn the basic strokes, including sweep strokes, forward strokes, draws, and braces. Once people are comfortable in the boats, we head to moving water where we introduce river maneuvers such as the eddy turn, peel out, and ferry. On the second day we continue to work on river maneuvers, and we end by running a several-mile-long, class I-II section of river.
2008 DATES COMING SOON!
July , August
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PRICE
2-day midweek $240.00
2-day weekend $280.00
