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Self Rescues for Sea Kayakers Nov 09, 2020

Being able to self rescue after a capsize and a swim is a great and really valuable skill to practice. Not only is it fun to play around in the water, developing this skill its also really handy. If we can self rescue quickly and efficiently it gives us confidence to try new exercises and it might h...

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Producing a new course Aug 27, 2020

Here is a complete lesson from the Ruddering Masterclass.

There is so much work that goes into a full online sea kayaking course to get to the point where it is in your library.  Early on in the development of OSK we decided that the quality of the videos was going to form the unique selling point ...

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Tide race filming Aug 09, 2020

With lockdown easing we finally got the opportunity to film the tide race section to the paddling in tide course.  The weather forecast was perfect and we hoped to get some great conditions to be able to clearly demonstrate the different skills.  The first session James took to the water at Penryn M...

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Surfing backwards Jun 17, 2020

Here is our firs blog post of many to come.

Many paddlers ask why?  At first glance there seems little point in learning how to surf backwards in a sea kayak.  Most paddlers want to be able to comfortably land and launch through the surf to go on a journey and explore the coastline.  I agree that b...

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