Sea Kayaking Basic Course

         This class is designed as the first step in learning to paddle sea kayaks. Beginners learn about proper equipment selection and basic paddling safety and techniques.

         You'll learn all about the kayak, all necessary equipment, the language of kayaking, proper strokes and maneuvers, safety awareness, rescue techniques, wind, waves and current basics. Topics also include basic strokes, braces, capsize recovery, and kayaking safety.

Here’s a sampler of a few of the thing you will learn:

        Every skill is taught by demonstration and practice. Your instructors will show you a skill, ask where you might use the skill, and demonstrate it several times so you have a good visual example. We break that skill down into 3 or 4 easy-to-remember steps. You work on a skill; learn it by practice, then move on to something new.

         Even if you've been kayaking for years and have taken lots of other classes you'll still be amazed at how much more you can learn in this course; no-one has ever been too highly skilled to benefit from this course because the more you know at the start the more we'll teach you.

Private Instruction  - Sea Kayaking Basic & Advanced Course

         All of our classes as well are offered as private lessons tailored to your needs, skill level, and particular strengths and weaknesses. We can cover material much more quickly and you can avoid unnecessary repetition of things you already know. Any day you can choose a private lesson for one or more. You may want the privacy of one-on-one instruction for yourself or a private class for you and your friends. A private lesson can take any shape you want - it is entirely customized and a nice way to learn!

         You will also practice: wet-exits, group and self-rescues, towing swimmers and kayaks, and will begin working on the Eskimo roll. Everyone benefits by going through the steps leading up to rolling...it improves bracing, steering, and forward paddling.

         Other topics include ways to improve the speed and efficiency of your forward stroke, preventing tendonitis in the wrists and shoulders, preventing shoulder dislocations, improve your kayak's comfort and functional fit, and equipment tips that can save you many times the cost of this lesson.

Here's a sampler of a few of the things you will learn:

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