OSK Blog

The Rolling a Sea Kayak Online Course has been the most challenging course to film and edit so far.  We wanted to create a course that went further than just showing you how to roll.  There are lots of YouTube videos out there of how to roll but they are missing a key element.  How do you learn the ...

It is now well over 3 years since we first started filming content for Online Sea Kayaking.  We started off with a road trip to Croatia with a couple of SKUK kayaks on the roof and we met up with a Croatian film crew (Sinisa and Marin).  The filming we did out there was intense with long 16 hour day...

We are super proud of these new lessons on turning a sea kayak.  Being efficient at turning your sea kayak is important for any paddler.  No matter what your level of experience there is always room for improvement.  We have both coached 100's of sea kayakers to help develop their turning skills and...

We are thrilled to be able to offer a fully Certified British Canoeing Certified Open Water Navigation and Tidal Planning Course OWNTP.   The course includes over 4 hours of video lessons and  alongside this we have created lots of practical exercises for you to do using RYA training charts and a tr...

James has spent many hours playing in the tide races of North Wales. A sea kayak is the perfect craft to play in this environment but it is also a challenge to control and surf straight.  This video is a short section of a lesson that forms part of our comprehensive paddling in tide course.

To enjo...

Edging is a fundamental skill for Sea Kayakers.  It is a skill that is part of nearly every stroke or manoeuvre.  This course looks at detail at the different aspects of edging a sea kayak.  There are a few reasons why we might edge a sea kayak.

1. To shorten the waterline length of the kayak.

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Rescues in the surf are often very simple as the waves bring the swimmer and their equipment to the beach.   However there are times when the rescuer needs to step in to help the swimmer out.  We now have a series of lessons in our rescues course looking at lots of different rescue situations in the...

We have now captured hours and hours and Terabytes and Terabytes of video footage of amazing sea kayaking.  We want to use this to promote sea kayaking and show everyone how amazing the sport is.  We decided to have a little play around with some of the equipment and editing to see what we could cre...

We are thrilled to be able to offer a fully Certified British Canoeing Certified Coastal Navigation and Tidal Planning Course.  We started discussions with British Canoeing in April and our online course was then shared with the BC technical committee for approval.  There was great feedback and our ...

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...

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 ...

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...