Whitewater Tune-Up
We start by assessing your paddling
skills and based on that, your instructor,
along with your, input will develop a personalized
kayak instruction program
for
the week.
Our goal in this kayak school course is to
discover what is holding you back and to take
your kayaking
ability level to a higher plane. In this paddling school course
we often specialize in bomb-proofing
your kayak roll, learning to
roll on the off-side, high and low bracing
strategies, precise
ferrying, kayak lean, and control & draw
strokes. The precise kayak instruction syllabus will
be determined by you and your instructor.
This
kayak school course makes extensive use of
video tape feedback and analysis.
(8
Days in Patagonia, Chile / 7 over nights
/ 6 Active Days)
"Give us one week and we
will change the sport of paddling for you."
Chris Spelius.
Playboating 101
Southern Chile is a kayak surfing
paradise. We developed this kayak instruction course specifically
to take advantage of the "Big Water"
surfing features available to us on the Futaleufu
River and its tributaries. We have the perfect
teaching wave a short walk from our paddling
school lodge and a great play hole at our kayak
school eco-camp. In this course you will learn
the best strategies to enter and exit surfing
waves, learn the basics of front surfing, back
surfing, linking and spinning on waves. In hydraulics:
the principles of safe side-surfing, exiting
and entering, blasting, 360s, elevated 360s,
and maneuvering in a hole. We will also emphasize
stern squirting, pirouettes, screw-ups and some
of the preliminary moves necessary to go vertical
on an eddy line. Part of the week will be spent
learning the Back
Deck Rodeo Roll, the double pump, flat-water
cartwheels, and the bow stall. The techniques
and strokes taught in this course are on the
latest cutting edge of paddling instruction
theory. The focus is on your learning and your
fun.
(8
Days in Patagonia, Chile / 7 over nights
/ 6 Active Days)
Intro to Big Water
Have you ever dreamed of paddling
exotic big water, like the Colorado, Futaleufu,
or the Zambezi? Do you want to make the leap
from paddling Class III whitewater to paddling
the Class IV-/IV+ or higher whitewater? If
so, this kayak school week is for you and serves
as our
"Gateway to the Futaleufu" and the
guided trips offered at our Campo Tres Monjas
kayak camp. We take you step-by-step through
the Ten rules of Big Water Paddling. You will
come home with incredible experiences and skills.
During this kayak instruction week we emphasize river reading
skills, eddy hopping, rolling on both sides,
boat scouting, boat piloting, boat momentum,
and lateral moves - all designed to make river
running precise and as effortless as possible.
Here you will learn to safely harness the power
of the river, and work with it, to put your
kayak where it needs to be.
(8
Days in Patagonia, Chile / 7 over nights
/ 6 Active Days.)
Also offered at the Patagonia South Kayak School: Beginning Kayak Instruction, Intermediate Paddling Instruction, Advanced Paddling School Courses. How to Roll a Kayak clinics and private kayak lessons.
Downloadable
pdf: Kayak
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