Courses
White Water Improver and Improver Plus - up to 5 days
With the right kayak, the right stretch of river and with our great instructors we provide a fun, exciting experience for individuals, groups and families 1-5 days holidays/courses tailored to your needs.
This is for those who have completed an Introduction to Whitewater (3 days). You arrive at the bottom of a grade 2 rapid and can remember and understand the features. However, when you are entering and leaving the current it’s all a bit shaky. You may also have done a fair bit of sea kayaking and like it when it’s choppy and want to experiment more white water.
We will cover improving the basic river running and river reading skills. We’ll have you take a bigger part in any rescues and spend time playing on grade 2 rapids and possibly running easy grade 3. Weekend courses will often offer a swimming pool session on the Friday evening.
For 3 or 4-day courses we look to using different rivers and possibly surf.
We do have a very flexible programme to suit the needs of each individual.
The Improver Plus will simply be an extension of this. If possible we will run a beach surf kayaking session and will use a wide variety of rivers.
Day 1
- Course start 9.30am
- Quick review of what you’ve done before and what you are hoping to achieve
- Fit out boats and issue rest of equipment and travel short distance to the river
- Spend morning developing skills on easy rapids
- Relaxed lunch beside the river - bring a hot flask on cold days
- Develop river reading skills looking at possibilities e g surfing small river waves
- Finish the day with a bigger rapid
Day 2
- This will vary with how people fared on Day 1
- Go to a different, harder section of the river
- Sometimes try a different kayak
- Look at breaking down rapids into shorter sections and developing strategies for what to do when plan A doesn’t work
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