Course Topics
Re-entry Skills
- Wet exit
- Assisted re-entries
Paddling Skills
- Lifting and carrying a kayak
- Launching and landing
- Emptying the kayak
- Forward and reverse strokes
- Stopping
- Forward and reverse sweep strokes
- Pivots
- Draw stroke
- Low brace
- Edging
Knowledge
- Kayak part names and outfitting
- Paddling and safety equipment
- Injury prevention
- Sun sense
- Transport Canada collision regulations
- Navigation
- Risk assessment and mitigation
- Impact of kayakers on the environment
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to confidently paddle in calm, sheltered waters in the company of peers with similar abilities.
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