Description
Two day Advanced Kayak Camp for paddlers that already have their Level 2 Kayak Skills award.
When: 6th & 7th of April 2023
Times: 10am - 3pm.
Where:
Location to be decided depending on water levels.
This camp will focus on developing Moving Water Kayak Skills and Safety & Rescue Skills for Junior members of our Kayak Academy.
We provide:
- Kayak and Paddle
- Wetsuit
- Buoyancy Aid
- Helmet
- Cag
- Spray deck
- Fully qualified Canoeing Ireland Kayak Instructor
What to bring
All of your usual kayak gear:
- wetsuit if you have one, if not one can be provided free of charge.
- something to wear under the wetsuit, ie swimming togs or shorts and T-shirt
- extra layer of warm clothes
- towel
- solid footwear like old runners and neo or warm wool socks.
- any relevant medication, eg inhalers etc...
- packed lunch and a warm drink.
- something warm to wear over the wetsuit at lunch time plus a warm hat. (If it's cold out)
Itinerary
Over the course of the two days we will work on the following techniques:
- Entry and Exit
- Edging
- Forward Ferry Gliding
- Reverse Ferry Gliding
- Breaking In
- Breaking Out
And Rescues:
- Offensive & Defensive Swimming
- T- Rescue
- Using a Throw Rope to rescue a swimmer.
- Manoeuvring an empty kayak between two specified points on the water
- Simple tows with the use of equipment.
And cover the following Theory:
- Safety Rules of Kayaking
- How to identify - Eddies, Standing Waves, Upstream & Downstream V’s, Stoppers, and Easy River Routes
- River signals and commands.
- River Running Methods – leapfrog, herd and drive etc
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