Unique Kayak Paddle Tours
Beginner Kayak Instruction
Course Requirements: Good health and a positive attitude. This 3-day whitewater kayak instruction course is designed to introduce beginner paddlers to the sport of whitewater kayaking. Our goal is to provide novice kayakers with a solid foundation of basic kayaking skills necessary to kayak in Class I and II whitewater.
This includes:
- Outfitting a kayak
- Wet exits
- T-rescues, swimming and self-rescue
- Body positioning
- Strokes, edging and bracing techniques
- Reading rivers and hydrology
- Eddy turns, peel-outs and ferrying across the current
- Scouting rapids
- Basic safety precautions
- Paddling through class I-II whitewater