Paddling in Tide Online Course
Develop your paddling skills to paddle in moving water and tidal races
This course progressively works through all the skills we need to confidently control and handle our sea kayaks in the tidal water environment. The first 15 lessons work through the fundamental skills of kayak control in the flow, skills like breaking in and ferry gliding. The following 12 lessons offer coaching on boat handling, leadership and problem solving in more dynamic waters like tide races and overfalls.
Course modules
Tidal fundamental lessons
- Course introduction
- Tidal basics
- Four main moves
- Breaking in - Edge control
- Breaking in - Position
- Breaking in - Boat speed
- Breaking in - Angle
- Breaking in - Putting it all together
- Breaking out
- Cross stream moves - Intro
- Cross stream moves - Ferry gliding
- Cross stream moves - S turns
- Upstream moves
Paddling in tide races lessons
- Introduction
- Understanding the environment
- Leadership and decision making
- Rescues part 1
- Rescues part 2
- Building confidence
- Active paddling
- Cross stream moves
Surfing tide races lessons
- Getting started
- Position
- Timing and accelerating
- Direction and control
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Anja, Norway
Great videos that really shows all the aspects of different strokes and skills. would recommend it for both novice kayakers as well as experienced paddlers. Lots of useful tips for me as a coach too.
Kevin, UK
This course is brilliant - very well put together with high definition footage and easy to understand descriptions of techniques. I have used much of the course material on the water and in theory and it is faultless. I just keep going over and over and it never gets old. Great job guys - I thoroughly recommend to beginner, intermediate and enthusiasts alike - great stuff
Lee, USA
Videos are brilliantly shot, simple to follow. Love the use of multiple angles, really helps to understand the full picture of a movement. Great resource, amazing!
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